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Is the bridi-

ci da zo'u da gerku

-true or false?  Chapter 16 of the online version of the Cowan's book doesn't cover this for those of us who haven't learned formal logic.  Certainly the English, "There are three things which are dogs," could be understood as either true or false, and serves only to confuse the matter.

I would guess that the above bridi would be false, and the correct version should instead be

su'oci da zo'u da gerku