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From:         Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: ta'e/na'o
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To:           Veijo Vilva <veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI>
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> Cats typically have whiskers.
> Cats habitually have whiskers.
>
> [But the difference is obviously not a matter of time
> intervals. It's a matter of genericity.]
> ----
> And

Right. In Lojban, the the first one would be something like:

        lo'e mlatu cu se tebykre

(if that's the right word for whiskers)

and the second one I don't know what it means, but since the
first one doesn't use {na'o} or {ta'e} it doesn't help to
contrast them.

Jorge