Re: [lojban] Re: What the heck is this crap?

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/5/2002 6:12:23 PM Central Standard Time, lojban-out@lojban.org writes:
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>>ro bangu cu selfi'i zo'e = ro da poi bangu; su'o de zo'u: da
>>selfinti de(This is read as there being a possibly distinct de for
>>each da)
>>
>>zo'e finti ro bangu = su'o de; ro da poi bangu zo'u: de finti da
>>(This is read as there being at least one de inventing all da)

I still say that I don't know why "possibly distinct de for each da" !=
"at least one de inventing all da".

>>
Well, the English is a bit murky, but the Lojban (after the equation of {zo'e} with {su'o da}, which does not look right at all) is clear.  The first is true if each language has an inventor, even if it is a different one each time.  The second is true if there is one person (or group of people, perhaps) who invented (together, if a group) every single language.