Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:01:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801061301.IAA20193@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: And Rosta Sender: Lojban list From: And Rosta Organization: University of Central Lancashire Subject: mark on ko`a X-To: LOJBAN@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 674 X-From-Space-Date: Tue Jan 6 08:01:56 1998 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU mark: > People have been overly fond of using "ko'a" as a generic > he/she/it. That's NOT what it is. It is a specific he/she/it that only > makes sense *once it's bound*. In my current usage (unposted), I've been using {ko`a bi`u} for first reference to ko`a, when ko`a is not assigned reference by goi. One usefyl aspect of this usage (among others) is that it makes referent-tracking easy - you just use "ko`a" whenever you want to refer to the referent - but you don't have to add on an extra goi phrase. (I've been using {ko`a bi`u poi ke`a broda} as an indefinite, veridical counterpart to {le broda} and {da voi ke`a broda} and {ko`a bi`u voi ke`a broda}.) --and