"One more than the current number of X"

[vruxir]

Is there a way to quantify a sumti to mean "One more [than the current number of] X"? (Or any other number, not just one.)

For example:

"We need to recruit one more person."

"Two more missing children were found today."

I had thought of using "su'i pa da" / "su'i pa prenu", but jboski was not pleased. "za'u" seems to be the reverse of the meaning I need.

There are probably circumlocutions available, but it seems like it would be a useful form of sumti quantification.

mu'o

[Jorge Llambías]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:11 PM, vruxir <kex...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to quantify a sumti to mean "One more [than the current
> number of] X"? (Or any other number, not just one.)
>
> For example:
> "We need to recruit one more person."
> "Two more missing children were found today."

You can use "drata":

"ma'a nitcu lo nu cmigau pa drata prenu"
"re drata ke selcri verba cu se tolcri ca lo cabdei"

I'm not sure that "one more [than the current number]" would work
here. If the current number is five, then "We need to recruit one more
[than five] people" would mean that we need to recruit six people, and
"two more [than five] missing children were found today" would mean
that seven missing children were found today.

> I had thought of using "su'i pa da" / "su'i pa prenu", but jboski was not
> pleased.

You need "vei" to use a MEX as a quantifier: "vei su'i pa da" / "vei
su'i pa prenu".

mu'o mi'e xorxes

[vruxir]

Ahh, yes, "drata" sounds useful for that. Perhaps "cnino", as well.

ki'e xorxes

On Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:09:36 PM UTC-4, xorxes wrote:

[Oleksii Melnyk]

Can bi'u/ji'a help here?

On 31 March 2012 21:11, vruxir <kex...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is there a way to quantify a sumti to mean "One more [than the current number of] X"? (Or any other number, not just one.)

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mi'e lex mu'o

[Lindar]

Does {pa za'u lo remna ku} work?