From ia@stryx.demon.co.uk Sat Mar 6 22:45:19 2010 Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 23:07:14 GMT From: Iain Alexander Subject: Re: quantifiers on sumti - late response To: Bob LeChevalier X-From-Space-Date: X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Message-ID: In message <9505251825.aa08448@gate.demon.co.uk> jorge@phyast.pitt.edu writes: > So what does this mean: > > so'a da poi gerku cu se denci ije so'i da batci da > Almost all dogs have teeth, and most of those bite (themselves?/ > those that bite?/those with teeth?) > > To me it means "themselves", which doesn't agree with your rule (nor with > what you say it doesn't mean). I think the last {da} doesn't have a > quantifier. If you put one there it changes the meaning. I think it has to mean the same as {so'i da zo'u: da batci da} - many of those bite themselves. The following bridi would revert to {da} = the one's with teeth. -- Iain Alexander ia@stryx.demon.co.uk I.Alexander@bra0125.wins.icl.co.uk