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 m0qxQi3-00006eC; Wed, 19 Oct 94 04:24 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0431; Wed, 19 Oct 94 04:25:12 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 0428; Wed, 19 Oct 1994 04:25:13 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6119; Wed, 19 Oct 1994 03:22:13 +0100 Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 20:31:35 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: 'any' as discursive X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 964 Lines: 34 la i,n cusku di'e > This intensional (or do I mean intentional) stuff is tricky. I think you mean intentional. What does intensional mean? With great intensity? :) > I'm not sure my earlier Lojban example is entirely accurate. > > curmi le nu do cuxna pa plise, noi mi citka > > That non-restrictive qualification feels right, although > I'm not entirely what the distinction means in Predicate > Calculus terms. I agree with the non-restrictive. I disagree with the other two: > curmi le nu mi citka pa plise poi do cuxna > > is wrong - it means I'll eat one of the apples you choose. It means I'm allowed to eat one of the apples you choose. > curmi le nu do cuxna pa plise poi mi citka > > is better - I may eat other apples as well, but this only allows > you to choose one of them. That means that you are allowed to choose one of the apples that I eat. No guarantee that I will eat any one you choose. I like the one with {noi}. Jorge