[lojban] zo'e

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 3/30/2005 9:35:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, opi_lauma" <opi_lauma@yahoo.com via lojban@yahoogroups.com writes:

What is not clear for me is by what speaker need to replace sumti if
it is unknown by speaker and listener want to know what is sumti. For
example if I say:

Somebody bought our car.

I means that I do not know who did it.

Not necessarily.  That is one of the possible meanings.  Another possible meaning is that I do know who it was, but I don't want to say.  Maybe it's a secret; maybe I just promised not to tell; maybe it's a surprise; etc.

If someone uses "zo'e" in a statement, and you want to know what it stands for, just ask.  Since the "zo'e" fills a particular argument slot of the brivla, just fill that slot with "ma".

stevo


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