Re: [lojban] Any

[Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 12:01 PM 3/5/03 +0100, G. Dyke wrote:
> I have two possible solutions to the problem of saying:
>
> "I need a doctor" (ie any doctor will do)
>
> (1){mi nitcu lu'a lo'i mikce}
>
> I think these both work but set out to solve different problems.
>
> (1) says "take the set of doctors, I need a member of that set". ta'o This
> is also the way I would solve "Someone feed the cat": {lu'a ro ko <feed> le
> mlatu}

"pa lu'i", not "lu'a" (actually "pa lu'a" may also work or even be better - 
haven't thought about it, but you DO need the outside quantifier).


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