Re: 'any' as discursive

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

la i,n cusku di'e

> This intensional (or do I mean intentional) stuff is tricky.

I think you mean intentional. What does intensional mean? With
great intensity?  :)

> I'm not sure my earlier Lojban example is entirely accurate.
>
>     curmi le nu do cuxna pa plise, noi mi citka
>
> That non-restrictive qualification feels right, although
> I'm not entirely what the distinction means in Predicate
> Calculus terms.

I agree with the non-restrictive. I disagree with the other two:


>     curmi le nu mi citka pa plise poi do cuxna
>
> is wrong - it means I'll eat one of the apples you choose.

It means I'm allowed to eat one of the apples you choose.

>     curmi le nu do cuxna pa plise poi mi citka
>
> is better - I may eat other apples as well, but this only allows
> you to choose one of them.

That means that you are allowed to choose one of the apples that
I eat. No guarantee that I will eat any one you choose. I like
the one with {noi}.

Jorge