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[lojban] Re: xorlo



Let's try to translate the sentence "Do you hear a woman/girl talking?" You are suggesting

xu do tirna lo nu da poi nanmu cu tavla

Is this the only way to say that in xorlo? In pre-xorlo, that would be

xu do tirna lo nu lo nanmu cu tavla

Also, what happens when we run out of da de di (that is, 3 variables aren't enough) ?

Hmm, even worse, what's lo nu ? "The event?" I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be "an event", see http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=How%20to%20use%20xorlo So it appears to be lo is unspecific whereas le is specific after all...

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:24 AM, Arran <arran4@gmail.com> wrote:
Personally I think you are using le/la/lo too much if this is your problem.. Past beginner level I think that the need for le/la/lo should wear off, as you start using things like da/de/PA, ect


On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Squark Rabinovich <top.squark@gmail.com> wrote:
Also lo is as specific as le but veridicial? How is it possible, then, to refer to unspecific objects? Suppose I want to say "there exists a broda such that..." or "all broda have the property..."