[lojban] Re: Usage of lo and le

[John E Clifford <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

The short rule is:
Use {le broda} if you have something in mind and
are minded to call it a broda (even if it is not
one) so long as calling it that serves to pick
out the right thing.
Otherwise, use {lo broda} to refer to thongs so
long as they are brodas.
 Introducing and repeating are not part of this
rule (only marked definite or not).  For
referring to the same {lo} use anaphoric pronouns
or assigned {ko'a} or "old information" tags or
slightly modified sumti that do indicate it is
the same thing (incorporating the predicate of
the last bridi, for example).

In short, xorxes has this part of {lo} and {le} right.


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