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Re: [lojban] Set of answers encore




la and cusku di'e

Another example:

John believes that Bill's age is the cube root of 389017.

... when John has the thought "It is the case that Bill is 73".

I think we should distinguish the two claims:

(1)     la djan krici le du'u la bil se nanca
          le tenfa be li 389017 bei li 1/3

(2)     la djan krici le du'u le se nanca be la bil
          cu tenfa li 389017 li 1/3

In (1), John's belief is about the {nanca} relationship, in (2)
it is about the {tenfa} relationship. In neither it's about both.
Whether or not {le tenfa be li 389017 bei li 1/3} is a good way
or not to refer to {li 73} is up to the speaker, and has nothing
to do with John's beliefs in (1).

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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