Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qmSV4-00005LC; Sun, 18 Sep 94 23:06 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2840; Sun, 18 Sep 94 23:04:47 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 2839; Sun, 18 Sep 1994 23:04:47 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6997; Sun, 18 Sep 1994 22:03:37 +0200 Date: Sun, 18 Sep 1994 16:06:44 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: any X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 936 Lines: 34 la djer cusku di'e > > > roda poi tanxe zo'u mi nitcu da > > > For all X which is a box, I need X > > Those say "I need every box". > I beg to differ. "I need every box" would be: > mi nitcu ro lo tanxe. That's the same as mi nitcu roda poi tanxe. (Since in this case non-existence is not a problem, I hope lojbab agrees.) > GK> I am not categorically against "any" in the language. > I would need to see some indispensible uses of "any". Indispensibility is hard to determine... :) > Remember, > I am new at this too, and conclusions we reach could be at > serious odds with the logic community. Queremos una lengua pura, > no una lengua cualquiera. We want a pure language, not any > language whatsoever. Now how do you say that in lojban? Let's see: ma'a djica lo curve bangu enai xe'e bangu Anybody wants to try without {xe'e}? mi'e xorxes