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Re: [lojban] Re: Usage of lo and le



On 5/11/06, Seth Gordon <sethg@ropine.com> wrote:
Jorge Llambías wrote:
> In most of these cases the referent of "all bears" seems to be kinds. That
> should be covered by {lo ro cribe}, since a kind of bear is an appropriate
> thing to put in the x1 of {cribe}.

Isn't the kind-of-bear the thing that goes in x2?

As a separate thing, yes. But a kind of bear as bear has to go in x1.
For example, I don't think you can say:

  ro se cribe cu se gacri lo kerfa
  Every species of bear (as a species) is covered by fur.

mu'o mi'e xorxes