Re: [jboske] specificity of da (was: kau)

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Jordan DeLong wrote:


> I never said that either. "lo broda" can be used when only one
> broda exists, for example, if the speaker doesn't *know* there's
> only one.


No, even when the speaker knows there is only one. Lojban conflates
specificity with veridicality, and you are only considering specificity as
the reason to use lo.


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