Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0t86y2-0000ZQC; Wed, 25 Oct 95 16:38 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 5A54FDC1 ; Wed, 25 Oct 1995 15:38:10 +0100 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 09:30:06 -0400 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: quantified variables - beginers question X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199510250938.FAA29798@locke.ccil.org> from "Cyril Slobin" at Oct 25, 95 12:30:36 pm Content-Length: 642 Lines: 18 la kir. cusku di'e > Is {ro da poi broda} equal to {ro lo broda} ? This is one of the major unsettled questions of Lojban: the relationship between "ro broda", "ro da poi broda", and "ro lo broda". It is clear that they have similar meanings, but there are at least two places where they may differ: 1) if there are no brodas; 2) in sentences like "re [lo/da poi] nanmu cu viska re [lo/da poi] gerku" where it is not clear whether there are at most 2 dogs or there might be 4 distinct dogs. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.