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

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:43 AM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
>  The reason {mi'a me lo nakspe je fetspe} is true is because I
> am (implicitly) referring to them as a group. "lo" is not specific as to
> whether a multitude of something is being addressed as a group or
> individually, although typically the individual interpretation is implied,
> as I said.

I don't think "lo" helps much here. The question is really about "mi'a
nakspe je fetspe". (Or "mi'a me zo'e noi ke'a nakspe je fetspe").
There are no clear official rules about how tanru logical connectives
work, but the obvious interpretation is that "ko'a nakspe je fetspe"
expands to "ko'a nakspe .i je ko'a fetspe". I would prefer "mi'a
nakspe jo'u fetspe" (or the more wordy "mi'a me lo nakspe jo'u
fetspe").

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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