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Re: [lojban] Request for grammar clarifications



In a message dated 5/30/2001 1:28:37 PM Central Daylight Time,
rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org writes:


"me <sumti>" means that
> the x1 is one or more of the referents of <sumti>.  This is not the
> same as "du"; it is the same as ordinary predication, if the <sumti>
> is veridical:  ko'a me lo mlatu = ko'a mlatu.

Then I'm not sure that I see it as being useful.  Although I'm probably
missing something.

I doubt it.  Every use of {me} seems to have a more natural expressions using
{du}, possibly with {pa} if there is some doubt about quantity.