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More {lo}/{le} questions



coi ro lojbo darlu la lojban. banli


1) Couldn't the difference between {lo} and {le} be expressed like this:


{le} indicates that the meaning of the sumti depends on the context [of the speaker, of conversation / situation etc.]

{lo} indicates that the meaning of the sumti does not depend on the context (is universal, applicable to every context)


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2) Isn't {da} an inconcrete version of {lo}, and {zo'e} - of {le}?


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3) Are there ways to express this elusive difference (between {lo} and {le} sumti) for selbri?

Example:


     fagri

     Fire!


It means that the speaker is seeing or however experiencing the event of fire burning on some fuel in the air, i. e. it is the fire the speaker has in mind, so this selbri is more to the {le-} than to the {lo-} (I hope you understand me). Is there any way to say the same but with universal meaning, like "Exists!" in the philosophical sense?



mi'e .ianis.