[lojban] Re: New to Lojban and a question

[Matt Arnold <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

I haven't heard this rant before. Why doesn't steci, or some variation
thereof, work?
-epkat

On 12/29/05, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> 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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