From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sat Mar 01 00:16:52 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:16:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18p2Aj-0005rz-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:16:41 -0800 Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 00:16:41 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly) Message-ID: <20030301081641.GD7560@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <008501c2df2d$a69992c0$669dca3e@oemcomputer> <008501c2df2d$a69992c0$669dca3e@oemcomputer> <5.2.0.9.0.20030301004252.034a21f0@pop.east.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030301004252.034a21f0@pop.east.cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 4259 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 12:51:59AM -0500, Robert LeChevalier wrote: > At 10:19 AM 2/28/03 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > >Hey, that's what we need: a gadri that selects from a set at random. > > zasti > > mi nitcu pa la'i ro mikce > I need (exactly) one from the set of all doctors > > This is based on the interpretation that originally justified la'i > (Choose one from the set of coffee, tea, milk, soda, water). If la'i > is interpreted as necessarily specific, then it solves nothing.) Then doesn't that suffice for 'any'? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi