Re: [lojban] na'ebo

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Jorge Llambias scripsit:

> Is a dog {na'ebo lo gerku}, on the grounds that it is other
> than some (other) dog? In that case, {lo na'e broda} would
> be equivalent to {na'ebo ro broda}.

Formally, yes.  But na'e always involves a scale of some sort,
so a dog would be an unlikely candidate for "na'ebo lo gerku"
because dogs are not obviously on a scale, not even a qualitative one.

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        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
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