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[lojban] Re: Is .e == .ije?



On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 01:53:47PM +0200, robin wrote:
> Avital Oliver wrote:
> >Is <SUMTI1 e SUMTI2 cu SELBRI> always equivelant to <SUMTI1 cu SELBRI .ije
> >SUMTI2 cu SELBRI>?
> >
> >If so, then is <mi .e do mo> equivelant to <mi mo .ije do mo>?
> 
> My intuition tells me that they are not equivalent, since {mo} implies a 
> selbri which can be slotted into that place. If we translate it into 
> logicalese, it would be {(I AND you) do-what}, or "What predicate can 
> take the arguments "I" and "you"?"
[...]

It's equivalent after the respondant provides a predicate, though.
(They have to provide the same predicate for both people (or at
least that's what they're being asked for)).

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