Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Help! The Xorlo are attacking!

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Whipsnerd Lhooser
<synaptic.explosion@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thank you xorxes. So, allow me to re-iterate:
>
> xorlo simply refers to the idea that in an instance where a lojbanist is
> unsure of the proper gadri to be utilized, the default is lo.
>
> gadri is the lojban equivalent of an English article (I do understand the
> principle of malglico, however I'm using this for reference)
>
> la: Used only for cmene; Is the article which immediately proceeds a cmene /
> it designates the next word as a cmene.
>
> le: A gadri which denotes a specific thing/instance which the speaker has in
> mind. (le is optional and may be substituted for lo)
>
> lo: A gadri which introduces a thing/instance. (Specific or non-specific)
>
> loi: A gadri which says that an attribute/action that is being applied to a
> group is being applied to that group as a whole, not necessarily to the
> individuals comprising that group.
>
> Is this more correct?

It sounds fine to me. (Minor caveat, when you say "a thing/instance",
it sounds like it's singular, but "lo" does not specify number, so it
could be a thing or things.)

mu'o mi'e xorxes