[lojban] Re: I saw three kinds of dogs

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

la xod cusku di'e

> > {ci cnano gerku} would be "three normal dogs", if that's what
> > "three stereotypical dogs" means.
> 
> Yes, I was asking how you would have said "three stereotypical dogs",
> assuming you wouldn't use le'e.

I would use a brivla meaning "x1 is stereotypical in property x2".
If cnano covers that, then cnano would work, if not, then a suitable
lujvo or fu'ivla. I don't think that's a very frequently used concept
though. (Certainly not something that would require a special gadri!)

> I understand your use of le'e here, but it's based on a nonstandard
> understanding of the multiplicity of stereotypes.

I don't really base it on any understanding of stereotypes.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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