{lo}, {lu'o}, and {loi}.

[Opi Lauma <opi_lauma@yahoo.com>]

Hello,

I try to systemize the usage of {lo}, {lu'o}, and
{loi}. (I have started from the lessons of Nick
Nicholas
(http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/lojbanbrochure/lessons/less4articles.html)).

Citation:
Now consider the English sentence Three men carried a
piano. This sentence has two potential meanings, as
does any sentence involving a plural in English. You
could be saying that the sentence holds true for each
individual of the group. If the men involved are Andy,
Barry, and Chris, you might be saying that Andy
carried the piano, and Barry carried the piano, and
Chris carried the piano. Alternatively, you could be
saying that the sentence holds for the group as a
unit: no one carried the piano individually, but all
three men carried it together.

My problem:
I understood that "individual" interpretation means
that sentence holds true for each individual of the
group (as I understand it is necessary condition), in
other words it means that Andy carried the piano, and
Barry carried the piano, and Chris carried the piano.
For "individual" interpretation one need to use {lo}
or {le}. Ok. However it is not clear for me whether it
is implied that each of them cary the piano
individually. For example, if they all together carry
the piano it means that each of them carry the piano,
but nobody carry the piano individually. Is it still
"individual" interpretation and one need to use {lo}
or {le}? One can conclude that answer is "No". Because
further it is written that in the second ("unit")
interpretation "no one carried the piano
individually", exactly as in my example. So if they
all together carry the piano one need to use {lu'o}.
However, if one uses {lu'o} it does not necessarily
means that each person of the group take a part into
the carryng of the piano. So, what I need to say if I
want to say that each of them carry the piano and they
do it together?



		
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