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On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:37:46PM -0400, robin wrote:
> Opi Lauma wrote:
> >>For example to say that the dog is man's best friend
> >
> >you 
> >
> >>would use {lo gerku}: {lo gerku cu xagrai pendo lo remna}
> >
> >
> >OK, in this example {lo gerku} means neither "all dogs" nor "some
> >dogs", it rather means "most of dogs" isn't? Really, we can say
> >that "the dog is man's best friend" only if MOST OF DOGS are
> >man's best friends. Or the same {lo gerku} can be replaced here
> >by "a typical dog" without changes in meaning, I think. So, are
> >"most of ..." and "a typical ..." correct substitution for {lo}?
> >If "Yes", can this interpretation be used always? By the way in
> >English sentence "The" has been used and in lojban {lo}. Why?
> 
> {lo gerku cu pendo lo remna} means that there is at least one dog,
> such that it is a friend to at least one human, 

Not under the BPFK it doesn't.

Or at least, not *necessarily*.

http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=How%20to%20use%20xorlo

In particular, {lo} can mean {lo'e}, being totally generic.

(Of course, technically the BPFK isn't done yet, and hence the
BPFK's lo could change; I wouldn't hold your breath, though)

-Robin

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