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Re: Beatles (was: RE: [lojban] Three more issues)



At 02:20 AM 04/24/2001 +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> >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

ro prenu girzu na ku prenu .i
loi se du'u ro prenu cu prenu pa mei kei pu se cusku la lojbab .i
ro prenu su'o re mei na ku prenu pa mei

mi cusku le sedu'u la bitlz cu gunma .i lo gunma cu girzu gi'e pamei.
.i mi na cusku tu'a ro prenu .ijeku'i cusku piro ba'e lei prenu cu prenu gi'e girzu

.i mi'e lojbab
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