[lojban] Re: The Any thread

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, John Cowan wrote:

> Invent Yourself scripsit:
>
> > > The existence of one or more doctors that fail the need test ("need not"
> > > is not a negation of "need" in English, leading to still more confusion)
> > > *does* falsify "mi nitcu lo mikce", which is good evidence that it does
> > > not translate "I need a doctor, any doctor", but rather means "There
> > > is/are doctor(s) that I need."
> >
> > Will you explain, though, under what definition of "not specific" or "not
> > in-mind" do you use to restrict lo mikce beyond any doctor?
>
> There is none.  But I can need a doctor even if there are no doctors,
> whereas "mi nitcu lo mikce" is false if there are no doctors.


Let's assume there are doctors. Now does it work?


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