Re: [lojban] ce'u

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Jorge Llambias wrote:

>
> la and cusku di'e
>
> >I must say though, that given the actual usage of nu, which so
> >often seems to me to be wrong, your story reflects actual usage.
> >I just think that neither your story nor much usage makes much
> >sense.
>
> I think you are right that nu is used wrong, but I don't think
> the alternative is du'u in those cases. The problem, I think, is
> as usual the quantifiers. {le nu broda} should refer to an event
> in real space-time to the same extent that {le gerku} does.
> {lo'e nu broda} is what we should use when referring to events
> that don't ca'a fasnu.



That's not what "typical" means in English. Perhaps you were looking for
da'i.




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