[lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly)

["Craig" <ragnarok@pobox.com>]

>> > But "mi djica lo mikce" is true under different circumstances than
>> > "mi djica <any> mikce".  It's clearer if you translate to english;
>> > the first:  There is a doctor (some doctors) that I need.  The
>> > second:  I need any doctor(s).
>>
>> Are you trying to say "n'importe quel"? I think the way to say this is
"lo <x>
>> mikce", where "<x>" is some discursive in UI, though I'm not sure which.

>That was xod's argument.  "lo da'icu'i mikce", etc.

>However this still doesn't solve the problem.  "lo mikce" has to
>be the same as "da poi mikce".  "I need some doctor" or "There is
>a doctor that I need".  It cannot do "I need any doctor".

What you think 'lo mikce' means, re-expressed with das, is 'pada poi mikce'.
'da poi mikce' (= 'lo mikce') means ANY da that mikce. Similar to how 'da na
prane prenu' means 'nobody is perfect', not 'somebody is imperfect'.