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On 17 Maj, 05:55, Pierre Abbat <p...@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 May 2012 20:19:41 Lindar wrote:
>
> > We have red chickens and cows.
> > Are the cows red?
>
> Also, "we" =3D "I and who else?"
>
> mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo bakni =97 doesn't say what color the cows=
 are.
> mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci je bakni =97 false, as no chicken is a cow.

Aionys says that it doesn't make that assertion. According to him, "we
are a husband and a wife" is {mi'a me lo nakspe je fetspe}. So even
such simple things like logical connectives are controversial in
Lojban... uinai

> mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo xunre bakni =97 the cows are red.
> mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci ja bakni =97 they're all red, but whether they'=
re all
> chickens or all cows or a mix isn't stated.

What about {mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci joi bakni}?

mu'o mi'e ianek

> Pierre
> --
> loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji

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