lo with no outer or inner quantifier is absolutely generic; "lo broda"
means "something(s) or other to do with broda", and that's about it.
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Pierre Abbat
<phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
On Thursday 02 December 2010 10:10:26 Alex Rozenshteyn wrote:
> I was under the impression that, pre-xorlo, {lo ctufau} must be a _real_
> lesson, but post-xorlo it's something to do with a lesson, determined from
> context.
lo ctufau is still a lesson. The difference is that it is no longer required
that there exist a particular lesson which is the standard for tomorrow.
The standard example is "mi nitcu lo mikce". Pre-xorlo, this meant that there
is at least one doctor such that I need him. In xorlo, I can still say "mi
nitcu lo mikce" if any of several doctors will do but I don't need all of
them at once.
Pierre
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