Date:  Sat, 15 Nov 1997 00:34:59 -0500 (EST)
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Subject:      Re: `at least one ' vrs `one or more'
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>I have to agree with Jorge--I got it wrong the first time, and
>that sentence means the former.  I should have used {na'e}, since
>I intended the meaning "I dislike some cats".  The only way that
>{mi nelci lo mlatu} can be false is if I dislike /all/ cats.


Shouldn't that be polar negation {to'e nelci} instead?  Opposite of
like, rather than something other than like, which might include love,
for example.

mi to'e nelci lo mlatu
I opposite-of-like one-or-more-of-all cats.
I dislike some cats.

mi na'e nelci lo mlatu
I feel other-than like for some cats.
i. mi prami lo mlatu
I love some cats.

--
Erik W. Cornilsen