Proposed definitions
- me (ME)
- Converts a sumti into a tanru-unit with place structure "x1 is/are among the referents of the sumti". (See also: {me'u}, {moi}.)
xu do djica lo nu do me mi'a
Do you want to be one of us?
- me'u (MEhU)
- Terminator for ME. (See also {me}.)
- moi (MOI)
- Converts a number, lerfu-string or ME-converted sumti into a tanru-unit. The place structure in the case of a number is "x1 is/are the [number]th among x2 by rule x3". More generally, for any sumti the place structure is "x1 is/are the one(s) among x2 that correspond(s) to [number/lerfu/sumti] by rule x3". (See also {me}, {mei}, {si'e}, {cu'o}, {va'e}.)
ma xamoi le te minde i xamoi le te minde fa lo nu na catra
Which is the sixth commandment? The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.
ju'i do'u do tolcliva le ba'e romoi be le papri be la internet i a'o do pu zanfri lo nu catlu i caku ko tolcikygau le do skami gi'e barkla gi'e kelci
Attention: You have reached the very last page of the Internet. We hope you have enjoyed your browsing. Now turn off your computer and go outside and play.
la cerni tarci cu romoi lo tarci poi ka'e se viska pu lo nu co'a donri
The morning star is the last star that's visible before the dawning of the day.
le mi dinju cu da'apamoi le zunle
My building is the one before last on the left hand side.
le ro relselxi'u cu mitsi'umlu i ta'i ma da djuno lo du'u makau me da moi
All the bicycles looked alike. How could you tell which one was yours!
ta me mi moi
That's mine.
- mei (MOI)
- Converts a number, lerfu-string or ME-converted sumti into a tanru-unit. The place structure in the case of a number is "x1 are [number] in number among x2". In general for any sumti the place structure is "x1 is/are among x2, quantified by [number/lerfu/sumti]". (See also {me}, {moi}, {si'e}, {cu'o}, {va'e}.)
ko drisla lo nuntolji'a ki'u lo nu ri so'i mei .i ku'i ko geisla lo nunji'a ki'u lo nu ri so'u mei
Mourn the losses because they are many but celebrate the victories because they are few.
- si'e (MOI)
- Converts a number, lerfu-string or ME-converted sumti into a tanru-unit. The place structure in the case of a number is "x1 is/are a [number]th of x2". In general for any sumti the place structure is "x1 is a part/fraction of x2, quantified by [number/lerfu/sumti]". (See also {me}, {mei}, {moi}, {cu'o}, {va'e}.)
lo so'i tadni cu zabna se ctuca lo gubni ckule .i ku'i lo go'i cu mo'a si'e lo ro mei
Many students get a first-rate education in the public schools, but they represent too small a fraction of the whole.
- cu'o (MOI)
- Converts a number, lerfu-string or ME-converted sumti into a tanru-unit with place structure is "x1 has an expectation/probability [number/lerfu/sumti] under conditions x2". (See also {me}, {mei}, {moi}, {si'e}, {va'e}.)
la'e di'u cu mu no ce'i cu'o
That has a fifty percent chance of happening.
- va'e (MOI)
- Converts a number, lerfu-string or ME-converted sumti into a tanru-unit with place structure "x1 has value [number/lerfu/sumti] on scale x2". (See also {me}, {moi}, {mei}, {si'e}, {cu'o}.)
ui lo mi prosa cu .abu va'e
Yay! My essay was graded with an 'A'.
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MOI
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x1 number moi x2 x3 | x1 me x2 gi'e lidne da'a number me x2 x3
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x1 number mei x2 | x1 me x2 gi'e klani li number lo se gradu be x2
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x1 number si'e x2 | x1 pagbu x2 gi'e klani li number lo se gradu be x2
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x1 number cu'o x2 | x1 se pacna zi'o li number va'o x2
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x1 number va'e x2 | x1 se merli zi'o li number x2
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Notes
- The definition of me corresponds to the basic relation Among as formalized in http://philosophy.syr.edu/mckay.html, which also agrees with the definition as given in CLL.
- The interpretation proposed for a ME-converted sumti with moi is an extension of the definition for n-moi as n-th.
- The second argument of mei is changed with respect to CLL, to make it more useful and more in line with the rest of the system.