So, then we can rely = on pragmatics. To answer merely "something" is, by the Rule of Quanti= ty, inadequate, if you have druthers. But, assuming -- as we always s= hould -- that you are cooperating, this is adequate and, therefore, you hav= e no preferences: "anything will do".

<= br>

From: John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com>
To: "lojban@googlegroups.com" <lojban@goog= legroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 11:12 AM
Subject= : Re: [lojban] "Any" and {ro}

Rely= ing on pragmatics is best when the semantics is sound, which is not clear h= ere. I can't parse {nabyplane} off hand, so I'll skip that and also t= he awkwardness of having both {tu'a} and the elided predicate {citka} prese= nt. The scope of {ma} is problematic: is it this world, where, admitt= edly, the answer presumably lies, or the world of {lo nu do citka}, where t= he language places it? Happily, the answer is a this-worldly {da}, wh= ich covers the difference smoothly (the event world presumably in these cas= es includes the relevant portions of the actual world and, perhaps, then so= me).

From: .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>
= To: lojban@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 2= 5, 2012 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [lojban] "Any" and {ro}

I wonder if we can rely on pragmatics...

{t= u'a ma poi nabyplane do citka se djica}
{.i da}

We do have which,= I think: {ma poi}

On Sat, Au= g 25, 2012 at 10:25 PM, la .lindar. <lindarthebard@gmail.com> wrote:<= br>
To play devil's advocate, I thi= nk an unquantified sumti is pretty much what we want.

Ho= wever, we don't have "which", so we don't really have "any".

"Which sandwich do you want?"

= "Any sandwhich is fine."

In Lojban I wouldn't say = it that way.

{.i ko cuxna fi loi snuji} or summat.=

Whatever... I'm out of opinions/suggestions.
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