Re: ka/ni kama

[Chris Bogart <cbogart@QUETZAL.COM>]

On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS wrote:
>  >> First, what do you need to express "3 meters" as a sumti for?
> >
> >It is a concept I can hold in my mind; if I cannot express it, then
> >why am I wasting my time with this language?
>
> I can't answer that for you. :)

I'm studying Spanish right now and am finding that there are a few Spanish
words that I can *explain* in English but I can't really translate well.
That doesn't mean English is a waste of time to learn.  Pe'i "3 meters"
could be explained in Lojban, if only you could first figure out what we
really mean by it.  Maybe {le'e mitre be li ci} or {le si'o makau mitre li
3} or {le ka ce'u mitre li ci} or even {le sidbrplatono be loi ro mitre be
li ci}.

co'o mi'e kris