[lojban] Re: Again {lo}.

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 08:53:41AM -0700, Opi Lauma wrote:
> >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? 

No, it means "the typical dog" or "the stereotypical dog"; in this
case, lo is standing in for lo'e or le'e.  BPFK lo is *completely*
general; it's allowed to do that.

-Robin

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