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From: John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [lojban] Re: "zo'e" for selbri.
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--- Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.hn.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 28 April 2005 06:43, Opi Lauma
> wrote:
> > coi
> >
> > In some cases speaker can replace sumti by
> {zo'e}. Do
> > you  know whether speaker in lojban has a
> possibility
> > to replace selbri by some analog of {zo'e}
> (For
> > example selbri is obvious or not important to
> say).
> > And if yes, what is a "word" for such
> substitution.
> 
> co'e
> 
That is appropriately unspecified but not quite
the "obvious or indifferent" force of {zo'e}. 
Possibly {go'i}, which repeats the previous bridi
(or, since it can be modified in various ays,
selbri) comes closer.  But it is a bit too
precise (informative).  Nothing seem to match
{zo'e} more exactly -- and we don't have the
luxury of a blank (which best matches {co'e}).