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  Perhaps le'e or lo'e would be appropriate for that kind of construction.

          --gejyspa

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Escape Landsome <escaaape@gmail.com> wrote=
:

> Hello,
>
> in french, there are "un, une" which means "a, an" in english...  and
> "le, la", which means "the" in english.
>
> But on some rare occasions, french people say "the" (they can write it
> "ze"), which then means "the" as in english, but with the connotation
> that it is "the X that comes obviously"
>
> for instance :
>
> "=C7a c'est ZE probl=E8me !" =3D "That, it's the (obvious, self-evident,
> main, most important) question !"
>
> The idea is that some X (the X which is "ze X") has optimal pertinence.
>
> Does Lojban have something for this kind of lo/la/... ?
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">=A0 Perhaps le&#39;e or lo&#39;e would be appropriate for =
that kind of construction. =A0<div><br></div><div>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 --gej=
yspa<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Esc=
ape Landsome <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:escaaape@gmail.com" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">escaaape@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
in french, there are &quot;un, une&quot; which means &quot;a, an&quot; in e=
nglish... =A0and<br>
&quot;le, la&quot;, which means &quot;the&quot; in english.<br>
<br>
But on some rare occasions, french people say &quot;the&quot; (they can wri=
te it<br>
&quot;ze&quot;), which then means &quot;the&quot; as in english, but with t=
he connotation<br>
that it is &quot;the X that comes obviously&quot;<br>
<br>
for instance :<br>
<br>
&quot;=C7a c&#39;est ZE probl=E8me !&quot; =3D &quot;That, it&#39;s the (ob=
vious, self-evident,<br>
main, most important) question !&quot;<br>
<br>
The idea is that some X (the X which is &quot;ze X&quot;) has optimal perti=
nence.<br>
<br>
Does Lojban have something for this kind of lo/la/... ?<br>
<br>
--esc<br>
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