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by jan-ante
Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:22 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja
Replies: 60
Views: 55713

Re: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja

But is "nanpa" only for ordinals? I don't think so. It's rather an "operator converting a word into a number or amount". And old page from tokipona.org , before wiki replaced the texts, said that: "jan sona nanpa -- mathematican". really, Sonja was not wise replacing h...
by jan-ante
Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:25 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja
Replies: 60
Views: 55713

Re: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja

jak Ote wrote: The idea of positional system(s) is more complicated than for systems with addition only.
but you know this idea already. just re-use it in simplified (ternary) version
by jan-ante
Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:41 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: Dave's writing - mouse in cellar
Replies: 7
Views: 6937

Re: Dave's writing - mouse in cellar

jan Sowelilili wrote: I think it equally means either. And in this context, it is clear that it meant "for two months"... a dead squirrel would not wait 2 months to start smelling
it depends on climate. in my climate it could. that is why the less context-dependence the better
by jan-ante
Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:36 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja
Replies: 60
Views: 55713

Re: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja

Could you please quote the excerpt? I can't see anything like this stated there. I believe "nanpa tu" can mean an ordinal or cardinal number, depending on a sentence. nanpa n number oth -th (ordinal numbers) that is, if nanpa stands in a position of noun (e.g. subject, object) it means nu...
by jan-ante
Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:37 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja
Replies: 60
Views: 55713

Re: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja

mi kama sona e sona nanpa. (I'm learning mathematics. Shouldn't take long in Toki Pona.) Here "nanpa" is an adjective but not an ordinal. i agree. that is a good example mi nanpa e meli pi pona lukin. (I'm counting beautiful women, perhaps by sticking number-labels on handy projections an...
by jan-ante
Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:57 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja
Replies: 60
Views: 55713

Re: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja

But you wrote: but many thanks to Google for its cash it has a meaning "number", but when it stands before wan/tu it is an ordinal number . I still can't see anything supporting this claim in the excerpt you've quoted. i did not atrribute the coloured claim to the dictionary. i provided t...
by jan-ante
Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:10 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: soweli suli li lape
Replies: 12
Views: 12259

Re: soweli suli li lape

soweli suli li lape mute. beast sleeps deeply mi pilin ike tan ni: ona li wawa li ike. i am in fear because he is strong and bad tan ni la mi tawa kalama ala. because of this i move silently. perhaps you dont need la here: mi tawa kalama ala tan ni ona li pini e lape la ona li moku e mi. if he wake...
by jan-ante
Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:12 pm
Forum: jan nasa li wile ante e toki pona
Topic: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja
Replies: 60
Views: 55713

Re: sin pi toki nanpa tan jan Sonja

jak Ote wrote: I see. Sorry, jan-ante.
why? the discussion was poductive
by jan-ante
Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:34 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: soweli suli li lape
Replies: 12
Views: 12259

Re: soweli suli li lape

How do you read ' tenpo mute pini la soweli li kalama lape '? beast snores long time (already) Your first reading is a good one: the beast is trying to catch somebody (then it's time to run away!). ni li lon la ona li wile kama jo e jan. or, in more advisable manner: ona li wile e ni: ona li kama j...
by jan-ante
Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:50 pm
Forum: kama sona toki
Topic: toma tawa sin
Replies: 6
Views: 6035

Re: toma tawa sin

tomo tawa Jeep li nimi e tomo tawa. Jeep li nimi pi tomo tawa. use e only after verbs meli mi li pana sona tawa musi pi tenpo lete meli mi li pana sona pi tawa musi lon tenpo lete my wife teaches dancing in winter meli mi li pana sona pi tawa musi lon telo kiwen my wife teaches dancing on ice kon e...