[lojban-beginners] Re: And more le and lo

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 14 November 2008 01:06:27 Tom Gysel wrote:
> it should be
> "le".  Why?  Because it is a particular thing you you have in mind,
> namely, "that thing which attacked me".Yes I thought of that too.
> But is 'a dog' really specific? Let's say the story continues: "A dog
> attacked me last night. It was near the bridge. The dog jumped on me." When
> I say: 'the dog jumped on me', now it means that i'm referring to a
> particular dog, the dog which i introduced two sentences before.
>
> What's the difference?

le bi'u gerku cu gunta mi ca le prulamcte .i ra jibni le cripu .i le gerku cu 
plipe mi
or
lo gerku cu gunta mi ca le prulamcte .i ra jibni le cripu .i lo bi'unai gerku 
cu plipe mi

mu'omi'e .pier.