[lojban-beginners] Re: Why not a new LfB text?

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 10/17/07, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>
>  With xorlo, you can say "I need a doctor"
> without implying that you need a particular doctor but don't know which one.
> (If you did know, you'd say {le}.) But how do I say "I need three oranges"?
> {mi nitcu ci najnimre} does mean that there are three oranges that I need,
> but I could have any three oranges and be satisfied.

{mi nitcu lo ci najnimre}. In xorlo the inner quantifier is not the total
number of oranges that exist in the world.

> Also, what's the place structure of {xorlo}?

"x1 is apostate/blasphemous/disobedient/iconoclastic/irreligious
/irreverent/profane/sacrilegious/wayward in property/aspect x2"

mu'o mi'e xorxes