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RE: [lojban] RE:{goi} addendum
Jorge:
> la pycyn cusku di'e
>
> >The reason for the rule on double quantifiers that Lojban uses is almost
> >certainly the enormous difficulty within logic otherwise of saying
> >something
> >like "Three men came into the saloon. Two of them well to the bar. One of
> >these ordered a lime rickey."
>
> One way of saying this without getting into trouble is:
>
> le ci nanmu cu nerkla le barja i le re le ci nanmu cu klama
> le barjyjbu i le pa le re le ci nanmu cu cpedu lo'e ladru
Or
{le ci nanmu cu nerkla le barja
i le re ra cu klama le barjyjbu
i le pa ra cu cpedu lo'e ladru}
or
{le ci nanmu cu nerkla le barja
i le re le go'i cu klama le barjyjbu
i le pa le go'i cu cpedu lo'e ladru}
?
IOW, pc's sentences seem dead easy to render simply.
--And.