On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 07:50:32PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > 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. That's because it *is* the reason to use lo. If you want veridical claims about something specific, do them at the bridi level. -- Jordan DeLong - fracture@allusion.net lu zo'o loi censa bakni cu terzba le zaltapla poi xagrai li'u sei la mark. tuen. cusku
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