Talk:ale, ali

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ale / ali

N everything around you or could surround you including you

whole

You like potato, and I like potahto

a very large number/portion of? almost all

all the ones you can think of

if it's of everything then it means supreme like sewi? the heavens are just one aspect of ale i guess sewi focuses on the superior whereas ale doesn't discriminate adn includes everything

NUMBER WORD

All number systems have their limits.

-infinity -having no upper limit -a number so large that it overwhelms; so many that it overwhelms

it is hard to countn uncountably large number so large it would be difficult to count, an overwhelmingly large number

countless, innumerable boundless

a number too large to count; too numerous to count; too many in number to easily count

-so many that it would be hard to count

-an extremely large number -a number -approximately one hundred -being the total number needed -containing or consisting of all the expected or possible parts; complete, entire, whole, full

so much of it that it would be difficult to count overwhelmingly large number of things

since it's actually impossible for humans to reckon with infinity or to know everything etc impossibly large number

mi wile sona e ale, mi sona ala e ale = i'm overwhelmed?

pi ijo ale = option to avoid confusion with ale as a mod confusable with numeral, right?

{N} everything, the universe, life, the world (the sum or course of human events and activities), infinity {mod} all, every, entire

ale and ali are the same word. The original form is ale. The alternate version ali was created for those who wanted to avoid confusion with the word ala. You may use either ale or ali interchangeably. Both are correct.

When used as a noun, ale (or ali) means “everything, the universe, life".

ijo ale is better to avoid ambiguity "the world"

mama ale = all creators mama pi ijo ale = the creator of all things

ale li pona All is well. Life is good. The universe is friendly.

wile ni li nanpa wan: ale li pona ala pona? (ale li pona anu ike?)

"The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe." - Albert Einstein

As a modifier, ale means “all, every, entire”.

jan ale all the people, everyone, everybody

tenpo ali all the time, always

meli li moku e kili ale The girl ate the entire apple. The woman eats all the apples.