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Re: [lojban] what's a du'u?



On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Thomas Jack <thomasjack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Suppose {la .tom. du la .tomas.} is true.
>
> What if any is the difference in meaning, then, between {mi djuno lo
> du'u la .tom. du la .tomas.} and {mi djuno lo du'u la .tom. du la
> .tom.}?

You don't really need to bring in "djuno". "la .tom. du la .tomas."
and "la .tom. du la .tom." already have different meanings, even in
cases where they are both true. An "la .tom. du ri" has a third
meaning, because repetition of a name is not always anaphoric. Whereas
"la .tom. du ri" will always be true, "la .tom. du la .tom." might be
false if there are two different Toms involved.

mu'o mi'e xorxes