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Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 17:41:12 -0300
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Subject: Re: [lojban] "General you"?
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On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 5:31 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:

> When I pointed out the indefinite 'you' in a Klingon example (bIje'be'chugh
> vaj bIHegh - If you don't buy, then you die; buy or die!), the rest of
> the Klingon list membership considered it just fine, as if it were just an
> example of regular 'you'. Maybe it is.
>

It could be either. If it means that anyone who doesn't buy dies, then it's
general. If it means that this only applies to you in particular, (you have
to buy, but if John doesn't buy, he's fine) then it's not general.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 5:31 PM, MorphemeAddict <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a=
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gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 =
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div s=
tyle=3D"font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospace">When I pointed out the=
 indefinite &#39;you&#39; in a Klingon example (<span style=3D"color:rgb(58=
,58,58);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:2=
2px;background-color:rgb(186,205,216)">bIje&#39;be&#39;chugh vaj bIHegh - I=
f you don&#39;t buy, then you die; buy or die!)</span>, the rest of the Kli=
ngon list membership considered it just fine, as if it were just an example=
 of regular &#39;you&#39;. Maybe it is.=C2=A0</div></div></blockquote><div>=
<br></div><div>It could be either. If it means that anyone who doesn&#39;t =
buy dies, then it&#39;s general. If it means that this only applies to you =
in particular, (you have to buy, but if John doesn&#39;t buy, he&#39;s fine=
) then it&#39;s not general.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>mu&#39;o mi&#39=
;e xorxes</div></div></div></div>

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