[lojban-beginners] Re: the articles "le" and "lo"

[Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com>]

Michael Graff wrote:

> What puzzles me are these correspondences:
> definite <-> described as
> indefinite <-> really is

That says in a nutshell something that has bothered
me subconsciously for a long time.

I don't think the people who answered you addressed
this specifically either (unless I overlooked it).

On top of that, I have never seen the need for the
distinction between "described as" and "really is."

Sometimes I may use metaphors or something; but in
general, when I "describe something as" a foobar,
I basically mean it "really is" a foobar.


Hal