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[Gerald Koenig <jlk@NETCOM.COM>]

Jorge said this and a lot more:


        There has to be a way to say: "I need any box whatsoever."

        Jorge

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I think the below sentences translate this accurately. The style is
another question.  I would say too that the word "any" does give rise to
a number of problems of ambiguity in English and carrying it over to
lojban might be a problem there.

1. roda tanxe da inaja mi nitcu da
For all X: X is a box implies I need X.
If X is a box, I need it.

2.roda poi tanxe ku'o mi nitcu da
For all X which is a box, I need X

I hope inaja is the correct form for logical implication as usually
represented in logic texts by an arrow --->. The if... then... form.

It is said of plays that they are not written, they are wrought. I think
the same could be said of lojban.
djer  jlk@netcom.com