Re: [lojban] Articles

[Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>]

On Monday 10 November 2003 10:13, Mr Ekted wrote:
> I am trying to grasp the lesson on articles. Can someone differentiate all
> of the following. I understand some of them, but I'd like to see all of
> them together using the same "noun" for comparison. And are some not valid
> syntax?
>
> le gerku
the dog; the dogs (individually)
> lo gerku
a dog; dogs
> le ci gerku
the three dogs
> ci le gerku
three of the dogs
> lo ci gerku
This refers to the three dogs which are all the dogs in the universe. Since 
there are more dogs, I can't translate it.
> ci lo gerku
three dogs
> lei gerku
the dogs (considered as a mass)
> lei ci gerku (lu'o ci le gerku?)
the three dogs (as a mass)
> ci lei gerku
three masses of dogs
> loi gerku
dogs collectively; dogdom
> loi ci gerku (lu'o ci lo gerku?)
I think this is lu'o lo ci gerku, which is nonsense.
> ci loi gerku
Three times the mass of all dogs. Nonsense.

phma
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