[lojban-beginners] Re: Only one true dog

[Cebalo Jason <jason_andrew_cebalo@yahoo.com.au>]

Sincere thanks to both Pierre and Ian. I was wondering what would be wrong with "da po'o gerku"? A I understand it, "da" is the existentetial x, so if "la faidos po'o gerku" mean "Fido is the only dog" shouldn't "da po'o gerku" mean "there exists an x such that x is the only dog?

thanks again,

J.

> 
> For "there is only one dog", you can say "ro pa da cu
> gerku". You can also 
> use "po'o" as Ian said, "pa da po'o cu gerku". "pa po'o da
> cu gerku" means 
> that one is the only number of dogs that exist, which
> happens to mean the 
> same thing, but is a strange way of putting it, and in
> other 
> constructions "pa po'o" or the like may result in a weird
> meaning.
>