[lojban] Re: importing ro

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la pycyn cusku di'e

>1.  There are four fundamental quantifiers in Lojban: {ro, su'o, no,
>me'i[ro]} (I intend to make sure that the default origin for {me'i} is 
>{ro},
>if it is not already).

That would be a good default. If I remember correctly though, CLL
gives {pa} as a blanket default for every PA that neeeds one.

A slightly more systematic form for the quantifiers would
be {ro, no, za'u[no], me'i[ro]}. However, {za'u[pa]} is
useful as a plural marker, and we are all too used to {su'o}
to be worth the change.

Another systematic series would be {ro, no, su'o[pa], su'e[da'apa]}.

>2.  They are related as follows
>subalterns: ro => su'o
>                 no => me'i
>contraries: ro => naku no (and so, if you can't do the numbers, no => naku
>ro)
>subcontraries: naku su'o => me'i (and so naku me'i => su'o)
>contradictories: naku ro <=> me'i
>                       naku su'o <=> no
>  (and so            naku no <=> su'o
>                       naku me'i <=> ro)
>When there is a guarantee that the subject term is non-empty,
>                       no => ro naku
>                       me'i => su'o naku

Yes, that's all clear. You are using the set (A+E-I+O-)
for the forms {Q broda cu brode}.

I prefer (A-E-I+O+) for those forms, which give the rules:
    ro <=> no naku <=> naku su'o naku <=> naku me'i
and, when there is a guarantee that the subject term is non-empty,
    ro => su'o
    no => me'i

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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