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[lojban] Re: xorlo



On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
The main advantage to xorlo in ordinary speech is that now we can say "I need
a doctor" ("mi nitcu lo mikce") without implying that such a doctor exists or
that there is a particular doctor (though I don't have a particular doctor in
mind) that I need.

This is strange. Then, lo mikce cu tavla doesn't mean that a doctor exists which is speaking. Does it mean anything at all?!