Re: [lojban-beginners] What can you do with Lojban that you can't do with English?

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

On Wednesday 16 May 2012 20:19:41 Lindar wrote:
> We have red chickens and cows.
> Are the cows red?

Also, "we" = "I and who else?"

mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo bakni — doesn't say what color the cows are.
mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci je bakni — false, as no chicken is a cow.
mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo xunre bakni — the cows are red.
mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci ja bakni — they're all red, but whether they're all 
chickens or all cows or a mix isn't stated.

Pierre
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