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

[Rob Speer <rob@twcny.rr.com>]

On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 11:48:08PM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> > 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"

I already tried to use some form of {zilvelbotpi} in an earlier thread, and it
got me into Place-Switching Hell. Then someone came along and helpfully pointed
out that the standard form would be {zilvonbotpi}.

But also, whatever happened to {botytai}?
-- 
Rob Speer