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Re: [lojban] Re: variants

On 13/05/07, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:


> > How do you say "x1 is a foo that occurs in variants x2"?
> mupli?



The definition of {mupli} is "x1 is an
example/sample/specimen/instance/case/illustration of common property(s) x2
of set x3." I'm looking for an example of a property that they don't all have
in common - I think. I'm not sure what x2 is for, or whether I'm expressing
myself right.


If my logic is correct, and I understood your intention, then {se te
se mupli} should work:

x1 is an example/etc... of set x2 (there are your variants) sharing
common property x3 (that would be the defining characteristic of a
"foo", I guess)

Although I'm not certain I understood kind of sumti you expect your x2
("variants") to be.  My solution obviously takes a set in the x2
place, but maybe you wanted to say that they differ in property (ka)
x2..?  In any case it seems intuitively that the common property
should also be in the place structure somewhere; if you're talking
about things that differ in a particular property, presumably there
are one or more properties in which they are the same.