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Re: TECH: magnitude



> I have been kicking around the idea of a new cmavo of selma'o KI,
> "ki'i'i" temporarily.  A sumti tcita involving this will be a specific
> magnitude, thus:
> 1)      mi dansu le bisli ve'a ki'i'i lo mitre be li pa
>         I dance on the ice over-interval one-meter.
> 2)      mi pu klama le zarci zi ki'i'i lo mentu be li reno
>         I went to the store merely 20 minutes ago.
> 3)      mi pu klama le zarci zu ki'i'i lo mentu be li reno
>         I went to the store fully 20 minutes ago.

For resolving the magnitude problem, I think it possible without any new
grammar.

So, for "I went to the store 20 minutes ago."  I would use:
       .i mi klama lo zarci calo puzi mentu beli reno
          I went to the store simultaneous with the nearest-in-the-past
          minutes of 20.

ni'o co'omi'e dn.