Re: [lojban] I saw three kinds of dogs

[Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>]

On Monday 02 June 2003 20:04, Craig wrote:
> >How do you say that in colloquial Lojban? {ci da zo'u mi viska lo gerku be
>
> da}
>
> >is formal, and {mi viska lo gerku be ci da} is wrong because a dog doesn't
> >belong to three breeds at once.
>
> {mi viska ci selgerku}?

That's a literal translation of the English, but it doesn't work - one can't 
see a kind of dog, but only a dog of that kind. Unless you saw the Kennel 
Club breed description, or something like that.

phma