From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed May 25 10:37:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 40524 invoked from network); 25 May 2005 17:37:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m25.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 May 2005 17:37:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 May 2005 17:37:02 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Daznd-0002Un-Dj for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 25 May 2005 10:36:09 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Dazn2-0002Ty-FV; Wed, 25 May 2005 10:35:37 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 25 May 2005 10:35:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Dazmo-0002Tg-RI for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 10:35:18 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1Dazmo-0002TZ-Hm for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 25 May 2005 10:35:18 -0700 Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 10:35:18 -0700 Message-ID: <20050525173518.GF2534@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050525155341.78255.qmail@web33411.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050525155341.78255.qmail@web33411.mail.mud.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-archive-position: 10047 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -5.3 (-----) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Again {lo}. X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=uVFGdAaEmy2Nt1529uNExaivcJwgLiLw6vqwBi7gaXHiXjMvRQ X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24418 On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 08:53:41AM -0700, Opi Lauma wrote: > >For example to say that the dog is man's best friend you would > >use {lo gerku}: {lo gerku cu xagrai pendo lo remna} > > OK, in this example {lo gerku} means neither "all dogs" nor "some > dogs", it rather means "most of dogs" isn't? No, it means "the typical dog" or "the stereotypical dog"; in this case, lo is standing in for lo'e or le'e. BPFK lo is *completely* general; it's allowed to do that. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/