Lojban 3: Numbers

Lojban is a constructed language. One of its features that really attracted me was its unambiguous parsing when written or spoken. This means that it could be used as a natural human/machine interlingua.
Part 3 goes into some of the number words and how to use them.
Errata:
7 is ze, not za.
Also, "ci mi cu xabju le kumyzda" is actually reasonable. It means "Three of us live in the apartment".
Digits reference: mw.lojban.org/...
Inexact numbers reference: mw.lojban.org/...
Constants reference: mw.lojban.org/...
How to really use lo and le: mw.lojban.org/...
The Complete Lojban Language (1997): lojban.github.i...
Online dictionary: vlasisku.lojban...
Online parser: lojban.github.i...
Latest version of Lojban reference: mw.lojban.org/...

[@RobertBaruch]

Of course there are some glaring mistakes in the titles, where I say one thing and typed another :(

[@MajenkoTechnologies]

You're going to have fun doing the corrections video for this one...

[@RobertBaruch]

@@MajenkoTechnologies Eh, it's better than saying A, typing B, thinking C, but the correct thing is D.

[@NoahNobody]

Nice course. Just getting back into Lojban after a couple of failed starts.

[@keldwikchaldain9545]

ci mi xabju actually makes perfect sense, since 'mi' is both a personal pronoun and a group pronoun for those the speaker represents.

[@Liggliluff]

(2:20) So what's the Lojban equivalent to the Swedish "lagom"? ;) It's an amount that is not too little, nor too much, but it is also not perfect nor always enough. It's an amount that is determined to feel right and fitting.

[@RobertBaruch]

Not knowing Swedish, I can only go off your English definition. I'd probably try {mapti klani}, x1 is a fitting/appropriate/compatible type of amount. Can be shortened to {matlai}.

[@ghoom]

I love the "no no no" part! 😂

[@acegravity5685]

would "lo pamoi mlatu" also work for "the first cat"?

[@RobertBaruch]

Hmm, the parser would treat pamoi mlatu as a tanru, so you'd get "first-type cats". Tanru are always ambiguous and it is up to context and both listener and speaker to determine what they mean. I would probably think that a "first type of cat" is a cat leader. Even though there's no such thing :)

[@acegravity5685]

That makes sense, perhaps proto-cats. These videos are great, I've tried to learn Lojban for a while but could never get passed the basics before getting stuck on something, and these videos are very easy to digest and informative. I hope you keep up the good work

[@Liggliluff]

When you say mlatu, it sounds more like /mlaːtʉ/ than /mlatu/. Because English /u/ is closer to [ʉ] than [u].

[@RobertBaruch]

Lojban sounds may be pronounced so that they are not mistaken for other sounds. I think [ʉ] qualifies :)

[@johntp185]

Does using the English r work as well?

[@erwanounn2209]

NO MLATU CU MUPLI LO'I MLATU! SUTRA BINXO!