a Vague PA
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| vensa | ma jdima lonu curmi doi tomoj |
| tomoj | is there a vague PA |
| selckiku | i don't mind malgli, that's a fine way to say it, it just makes me wonder |
| vensa | selckiku: the bomb is about to go off :) tomoj: ji'i |
| selckiku | huh, a vague pa, that's a cool idea, there isn't is there?? |
| tomoj | the thing is, I don't even know the number nor whether it's typical |
| vensa | you can use za'u |
| tomoj | I just know it's in the hundreds |
| vensa | or su'o |
| selckiku | ji'i makes any PA a little vaguer, you can't use it on its own can you? |
| vensa | so za'u panono |
| tomoj | so I was thinking XX no no |
| vensa | selckiku: y not? |
| selckiku | i dunno, i'd just never seen it |
| tomoj | well.. |
| selckiku | what selma'o is zo ji'i anyway zo ji'i cmavo ma |
| tomoj | 10000 is za'u pa no no, isn't it? |
| valsi | ji'i = digit/number: approximately (default the typical value in this context) (number). |
| vensa | tomoj: you can try xo paunai no no |
| tomoj | it's PA |
| selckiku | ok then, i guess li ji'i is a pretty vague number then |
| vensa | selckiku: is za'u panono = "more than one hundred" or "10000"? |
| valsi | za'u = digit/number: greater than. |
| selckiku | 10000 is more than 100, sure |
| vensa | yeah but what is the meaning of the lojban? oh wait nm. tomoj wasnt arguing with me I was including "10000" as a referent of za'u panono |
| selckiku | it's a somewhat unusual meaning of za'upanono but it depends on the context |
| tomoj | I want X00 where X is a single digit 1-9 |
| vensa | doi tomoj no'i xu do kakne lonu se pendo lo mlatu poi bartu tomoj: then you need a regex :P |
| tomoj | hmm, is there enough cmavo space open to translate regex into lojban? :) |
| valsi | boxfo = x1 is a sheet/foil/blanket [2-dimensional shape/form flexible in 3 dimensions] of material x2. no'o = digit/number: typical/average value. |
| selckiku | the cmavo space is rather busy, really |
| vensa | how about {no'o no no}? if anything, it sounds hilarious |