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 m0qzXZc-00006qC; Tue, 25 Oct 94 00:09 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 8250; Tue, 25 Oct 94 00:09:11 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 8248; Tue, 25 Oct 1994 00:09:10 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2917; Mon, 24 Oct 1994 23:05:50 +0100 Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 19:47:41 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: "any" X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: (Your message of Sat, 22 Oct 94 19:16:02 EDT.) Content-Length: 510 Lines: 17 Jorge: > In the case of commands/directives/requests there is no problem, the > way things are defined, > > (1) ko cuxna lo karda > > means: "Make true the statement {do cuxna lo karda}". And the statement > will be made true for any card that is picked. > > Sentence (1) does NOT mean "there exists at least one card such that > I am requesting that you pick it" This doesn't look like "no problem" to me. What if I want to say "There is a card; pick it", or "Pick a card (& there is a card)"? ---- And