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RE: [lojban] Three more issues



At 10:50 PM 04/21/2001 +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> I think that there is a difference between "nu prenu kei" cu valsi", and
> "la bitlz cu prenu". The latter would expand to 4 names linked by some form
> of connective "and" (.e or joi or ce probably).  The 3 quoted words are a
> unit which one cannot assume can be broken down, since order is significant.

Does {la bitlz} mean (a) "each of those x such that I am calling x 'bitlz'",
or (b) "each member of the group that I am calling 'bitlz'", or (c) "the thing
I am calling 'bitlz'"? (a) wouldn't work, because I'm not calling Ringo
'bitlz'. (c) wouldn't work, because I'm calling the group 'bitlz', and
the group is not a minimal unit of person. (b) would work, but then
"la bitlz cu girzu" would, undesirably, be false.

la bitlz goi la djan joi la paul joi la djordj joi la ringos cu prenu gi'e girzu

lojbab
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