Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:05:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ep5X8-0007Cn-8Z for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:05:38 -0800 Received: from mailgw5.gedas.de ([139.1.44.13]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ep5X5-0007Cg-6d for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:05:38 -0800 Received: from mailgw5.gedas.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailgw5.gedas.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jBLF5W9m020402 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:05:32 +0100 Received: from GDDEBESAPP004.de.gedas-grp (gddebesapp004.de.gedas-grp [10.242.64.42]) by mailgw5.gedas.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jBLF5W7G020396 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:05:32 +0100 Received: from blnsem08.de.gedas-grp ([139.1.84.54]) by GDDEBESAPP004.de.gedas-grp with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:05:32 +0100 Received: by blnsem08.de.gedas-grp with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:05:32 +0100 Message-ID: From: "Newton, Philip" To: "'lojban-beginners@lojban.org'" Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: lunra Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:05:31 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Dec 2005 15:05:32.0751 (UTC) FILETIME=[FD35DDF0:01C6063F] X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 2827 X-Approved-By: Philip.Newton@gedas-onsite.de X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: Philip.Newton@gedas-onsite.de Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 703 la .ianis. cu cusku di'e > The question is, how to underline the fact that {lunra} is unique? > Because [1] could also mean "I am looking at moons". {mi ca viska le lunra} could also mean that; {le} does not specifically imply one object AFAIK. > Certainly we do know that there is only one natural satellite of > the Earth; so {viska lo lunra} is probably enough in context. > but is there any way to put the load off the shoulders of > context/erudition? > > {mi viska pa lunra} would be clumsy. You think so? {mi viska lo pa lunra} might also be worth considering - roughly, "I see all of those one things which are moons". > By the way, is there a selbri for "unique"? mu'o mi'e .filip.