Re: example of si'o?

[jorge@phyast.pitt.edu]

> I saw the following on sci.lang, and suspect that it may be a useful
> example of si'o, the concept abstract.

I don't think we need {si'o} for this:

        la pat djuno le du'u makau fonxa judri la maik
        Pat knows Mike's telephone number.

        i le la maris fonxa judri cu mintu le la maik fonxa judri
        Mary's telephone number is the same as Mike's.

That doesn't contradict:

        i la pat na djuno le du'u makau fonxa judri la maris
        Pat doesn't know Mary's telephone number.

There's no need for {si'o} here.

> > Use different terms for telephone numbers and concepts of telephone
> > numbers.  Mike's telephone number can be the same as Mary's without
> > the concept of Mike's telephone number being the same as the concept
> > of Mary's telephone number.  We make knowledge applicable to concepts.

Or rather, one doesn't "know" (djuno) a telephone number. What we
are discussing is not knowing a number, but knowing whether a number
belongs to someone or not. We know (djuno) facts, not objects.

Jorge