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numbers and tanru

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Looking at "the two person car". How would one differentiate "the (two
person) car" from "the two (person car)(s)"? And what would be the default
behavior (e.g. {lo re prenu karce} )?

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looking at "the two person car".  How would one differentiate "the (two
> person) car" from "the two (person car)(s)"?  And what would be the default
> behavior (e.g. {lo re prenu karce} )?

"lo prenu re mei karce" vs "lo re prenu karce".

The "inner quantifier" is not a part of the tanru. To use a number as
part of a tanru you need to convert it with "mei".

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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On Wednesday 18 November 2009 10:10:28 Luke Bergen wrote:
> Looking at "the two person car". How would one differentiate "the (two
> person) car" from "the two (person car)(s)"? And what would be the default
> behavior (e.g. {lo re prenu karce} )?

"lo re prenu karce" means "two person-cars". "a two-person car" is "lo prenu
remei karce".

Pierre

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lo ponse be lo mruli po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dinko


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