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Subject: Re: [lojban] [oz] {lo prenu cu cmamau lo makcu}
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  Count me among the ones who would have used "lo'e" here, but I don't have
a problem with the style of selpa'i ("selpa'i's" just looked too ridiculous
to type ;-) )

          --gejyspa


On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 6:20 PM, v4hn <me@v4hn.de> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 05:39:58PM +0100, selpa'i wrote:
> > la .asiz. cu cusku di'e
> > >   {lo prenu cu cmamau lo makcu poi dy ke'a se slabu}.
> > >
> > >The plausible interpretation is of course distributive,
> > >   {ro lo prenu cu cmamau ro lo makcu}.
> > >
> > >But, if predicates are to be defined on plural variables, shouldn't the
> > >original sentence mean that the bunch of prenu is, collectively, smaller
> > >than the bunch of makcu?
>
> I'm not even sure what "being collectively smaller" is supposed to mean,
> really.
>
> I know it's out of fashion, but this seems to be a perfectly good place to
> use {lo'e}.
>
> {lo prenu cu cmamau lo'e makcu poi dy ke'a se slabu}
>
>
> v4hn
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0 Count me among the ones who would have used &quot;l=
o&#39;e&quot; here, but I don&#39;t have a problem with the style of selpa&=
#39;i (&quot;selpa&#39;i&#39;s&quot; just looked too ridiculous to type ;-)=
 )=C2=A0<div>
<br></div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 --gejyspa</div><div><br><=
/div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On=
 Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 6:20 PM, v4hn <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
me@v4hn.de" target=3D"_blank">me@v4hn.de</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"><div class=3D"im">On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 05=
:39:58PM +0100, selpa&#39;i wrote:<br>
&gt; la .asiz. cu cusku di&#39;e<br>
</div><div class=3D"im">&gt; &gt; =C2=A0 {lo prenu cu cmamau lo makcu poi d=
y ke&#39;a se slabu}.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
</div><div class=3D"im">&gt; &gt;The plausible interpretation is of course =
distributive,<br>
&gt; &gt; =C2=A0 {ro lo prenu cu cmamau ro lo makcu}.<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;But, if predicates are to be defined on plural variables, shouldn&=
#39;t the<br>
&gt; &gt;original sentence mean that the bunch of prenu is, collectively, s=
maller<br>
&gt; &gt;than the bunch of makcu?<br>
<br>
</div>I&#39;m not even sure what &quot;being collectively smaller&quot; is =
supposed to mean, really.<br>
<br>
I know it&#39;s out of fashion, but this seems to be a perfectly good place=
 to use {lo&#39;e}.<br>
<br>
{lo prenu cu cmamau lo&#39;e makcu poi dy ke&#39;a se slabu}<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
<br>
v4hn<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>

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