[lojban-beginners] Re: lo question

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

On Dec 21, 2007 12:09 PM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
>  While we're on the topic of qualified sumti, I was wondering the following:
>
>   If I say "ci gerku cu citka lo cirla spisa poi bunda li bi - " 3 dogs ate
> 8 pounds of cheese", does this imply they EACH ate that amount, or they did
> as a group?

Each.

> My suspicion is that it means  each, and that the way to say
> they at it as a group would be loi/lei ci  gerku etc. (refgram chapter 6,
> section 3) .  Is my understanding correct?

Yes.

{lo ci gerku} is indeterminate in that respect.

> (Can I also assume that's true of any PA, icluding "ro", etc.?)

There are some things in PA, such as {pai} or things with {pi},
for which it's not clear what the question would mean, but for
integer quantifiers, including ranges, yes.

mu'o mi'e xorxes