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On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:27 PM, ianek <janek37@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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 co=
ws
> 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
>

It's aionys, not Aionys, and I don't say that. {lo} is not explicit about
whether we are speaking of individuals or masses/sets, so it is possible to
have either interpretation. There is nothing controversial about this.

To quote the tiki page on xorlo:

lo's inner quantifier indicates the number of things we're talking about,
but in a slightly different fashion. "mu lo bakni cu bevri lo pipno" means
"Five cows each carried a piano individually". "lo mu bakni cu bevri lo
pipno" is ambiguous as to whether they did it individually or as a group.
To be clear about group-ness, use loi and friends.


>  > 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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(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:27 PM, ianek <span di=
r=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:janek37@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">janek3=
7@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D"im"><br>
<br>
On 17 Maj, 05:55, Pierre Abbat &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:p...@phma.optus.nu">p.=
..@phma.optus.nu</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; On Wednesday 16 May 2012 20:19:41 Lindar wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; We have red chickens and cows.<br>
&gt; &gt; Are the cows red?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Also, &quot;we&quot; =3D &quot;I and who else?&quot;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; mi&#39;a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo bakni =97 doesn&#39;t say what col=
or the cows are.<br>
&gt; mi&#39;a ponse lo xunre jipci je bakni =97 false, as no chicken is a c=
ow.<br>
<br>
</div>Aionys says that it doesn&#39;t make that assertion. According to him=
, &quot;we<br>
are a husband and a wife&quot; is {mi&#39;a me lo nakspe je fetspe}. So eve=
n<br>
such simple things like logical connectives are controversial in<br>
Lojban... uinai<br></blockquote><div><br>It&#39;s aionys, not Aionys, and I=
 don&#39;t say that. {lo} is not explicit about whether we are speaking of =
individuals or masses/sets, so it is possible to have either interpretation=
. There is nothing controversial about this.<br>
<br>To quote the tiki page on xorlo:<br><br>lo&#39;s inner quantifier indic=
ates the number of things we&#39;re talking=20
about, but in a slightly different fashion.  &quot;mu lo bakni cu bevri lo=
=20
pipno&quot; means &quot;Five cows each carried a piano individually&quot;. =
 &quot;lo mu=20
bakni cu bevri lo pipno&quot; is ambiguous as to whether they did it=20
individually or as a group.  To be clear about group-ness, use loi and=20
friends.<br>=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0pt =
0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D"im">
&gt; mi&#39;a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo xunre bakni =97 the cows are red.<=
br>
&gt; mi&#39;a ponse lo xunre jipci ja bakni =97 they&#39;re all red, but wh=
ether they&#39;re all<br>
&gt; chickens or all cows or a mix isn&#39;t stated.<br>
<br>
</div>What about {mi&#39;a ponse lo xunre jipci joi bakni}?<br>
<br>
mu&#39;o mi&#39;e ianek<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
&gt; Pierre<br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji<br>
<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>mu&#39;o mi=
&#39;e .aionys.<br><br>.i.e&#39;ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.l=
uk. mi patfu do zo&#39;o<br>(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. =
:D )<br>
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