[lojban] Re: New to Lojban and a question

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

On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 08:01:24PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:08:06 -0800, Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:14:49PM -0500, Robert LeChevalier
> > wrote:
> > > I am led again to think that we may need a gismu for the
> > > "exclusive" sense of "only" that might apply here.  But far be
> > > it from me to propose new gismu %^)
> > 
> > I think it's quite a nice idea, actually.
> 
> Isn't that what {selte'i} means? "x1 is/are the only one(s) with
> property x2 among x3".

Yes, I believe you are correct.

Which leads me to my rant that we have no good words that I've found
for "specific" or "detailed" as in "I need you to be more specific
in your description of the man you saw".

-Robin

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