Re: any and all

[Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>]

la veion cusku di'e

>   I think a solution which Lojbab suggested would work. When I'm
>   saying 'I need a(ny) box' or 'I need (any) two boxes' what I'm
>   really saying is that I need a set with a certain number of
>   members having certain properties. That can be simply expressed
>   in Lojban using {mei}:
>
>       mi nitcu lo tanxe pamei/remei
>       I need what amounts to a single box/ a pair of boxes

{mi nitcu lo tanxe pamei} means practically the same thing as {mi
nitcu pa tanxe}. Is there an object, call it {pa tanxe}, call it {lo
tanxe pamei}, that is related to {mi} by the relationship {nitcu}?

If there is exactly one such object, then the sentences are true,
but that is not what "I need any box" means.

Jorge