[lojban-beginners] Re: precise definition of cmene

[Chris Hornbaker <chrishornbaker@earthlink.net>]

On Tue February 24 2004 18:28, melissa@fastanimals.com wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Zefram wrote:
> 
> > melissa@fastanimals.com wrote:
> > >"la serinus.serinus.kanarias."?  It takes the "la" article, and is formed
> > >like a name.  But in what way does this not stand for a class of things?
> > 
> > "la serinus.serinus.kanarias." refers to a species.  A species is an
> > individual entity, with its own name.
> > 
> > >la dinas. gerku la mutt
> > 
> > "la mut." (remember, cmene are formed phonetically) would not refer to
> > any individual entity, and so is not a valid usage.
> 
> OK, thanks, making more sense now . . . but "Labrador Retriever," for
> example, is a breed.  Could I then say "la labrydor.rytrivyr." although
> that is not a Latin classification?  Or is that considered too vague since 
> it isn't biologically defined?
> 
> How *would* I say that Deena is a mutt?  Could I say
> 
> la dinas. gerku le mixre

Look up lujvo and combine mixre with gerku. That would be much closer.
 
> Could I even say
> 
> la dinas. mixre la labrydor.rytrivyr.
> 
> if I wanted to specify that she is a Lab mix?
> 
> We like our dog, and talk about her a lot.  .a'i


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