I haven't heard of a good consensus of when to use {le}.
My impression is that {lo} should be the default unless you have
reason stronger than specificity. *ba'e* {le} is not "the".
I personally only use it when I want to emphasize the fact that the
sumti may not technically fit the selbri, mu'i {le cribe} to refer to
a teddy-bear; unlike pre-xorlo, however, {lo cribe} is unquestionably
still correct in that case.
I guess I might also use it to clarify/emphasize subjectivity: {lo
xagrai cmaxi'a} might not have a clear referent, but if I say {le
xagrai cmaxi'a}, I'm clearly talking about Rainbow Dash.
On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Monday, March 05, 2012 21:49:33 RexScientiarum wrote:
>> If I was was talking about a specific microbe I was observing I could
>> use {le} right?
>
> Yes, and likewise if you're using a specific microscope. Use of articles in
> Lojban is somewhat different from use of articles in English (or French or any
> other language that has articles).
>
> Pierre
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