Re: any

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

la djer cusku di'e

> > > roda poi tanxe zo'u mi nitcu da
> > > For all X which is a box, I need X
> > Those say "I need every box".

> I beg to differ.  "I need every box" would be:
>         mi nitcu ro lo tanxe.

That's the same as

          mi nitcu roda poi tanxe.

(Since in this case non-existence is not a problem, I hope lojbab agrees.)

> GK>     I am not categorically against "any" in the language.
>         I would need to see some indispensible uses of "any".

Indispensibility is hard to determine... :)


>         Remember,
>         I am new at this too, and conclusions we reach could be at
>         serious odds with the logic community. Queremos una lengua pura,
>         no una lengua cualquiera. We want a pure language, not any
>         language whatsoever. Now how do you say that in lojban?

Let's see:

        ma'a djica lo curve bangu enai xe'e bangu

Anybody wants to try without {xe'e}?

mi'e xorxes