RE: [lojban] RE: zi'o and modals

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com>]

> From: Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) [mailto:lojbab@lojban.org]
> Sent: 12 June 2001 12:57
> 
> At 09:19 PM 06/11/2001 -0500, Richard Todd wrote:
> >Except, now it bothers me even more that {ti botpi fo zi'o} doesn't
> >exclude the set of all bottles that *do* have caps.  The way it is, how
> >would you say, unambiguously, that "this is a botpi, except without a
> >cap"?
> 
> I don't see why "botpi fo noda" doesn't work.  It actually DOES have a cap, 
> potentially (as do most botpi), but there is no cap on it.

"ti zilvelbotpi gi'e botpi fo no da"

(As others pointed out, "This is a botpi, except without a cap" is like
saying "He is a father, except without offspring". Not total gibberish, but
very weird.)

--And.