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Re: [jboske] three pairs of shoes & excellent solutions



And Rosta scripsit:

> Can you explain how to use mei to talk about (a) a pair of shoes,
> (b) the group {Tom, Dick}?

The latter is easy:  la tom. ce la dik. cu se remei.  I admit that 
"an N-some of foos" is problematic, because we are better at saying
"an N-some, at least one of which is a foo."

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