Again {lo}.

[Opi Lauma <opi_lauma@yahoo.com>]

>For example to say that the dog is man's best friend
you 
>would use {lo gerku}: {lo gerku cu xagrai pendo lo 
>remna}

OK, in this example {lo gerku} means neither "all
dogs" nor "some dogs", it rather means "most of dogs"
isn't? Really, we can say that "the dog is man's best
friend" only if MOST OF DOGS are man's best friends.
Or the same {lo gerku} can be replaced here by "a
typical dog" without changes in meaning, I think. So,
are "most of ..." and "a typical ..." correct
substitution for {lo}? If "Yes", can this
interpretation be used always? By the way in English
sentence "The" has been used and in lojban {lo}. Why?
What happens with "the <-> le", "an/a <-> lo" correspondence?

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