Re: [lojban] About plural 'ro'

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

> ro da poi bevri lo co'e cu ba se cnemu
>    "Anyone who carries the thing will be rewarded."

I read this as "everyone who carries the thing will be rewarded"... in this context are there any differences between "anyone who..." and "everyone who..."?

2010/4/22 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:34 PM, John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the reductio ad absurdum.  What gives the right result in this system is so remote from the question at hand as to demonstrate the total inadequacy of the system.

So:

    ro da poi bevri lo co'e cu ba se cnemu

    "Anyone who carries the thing will be rewarded."

would be close to the question at hand, except it gives the wrong result, while:

    ro da poi me lo bevri be lo co'e cu ba se cnemu
    "Anyone who is among the carriers of the thing will be rewarded."

is remote from the question at hand, even though it gives the right
result? Just adding three little words makes the system totally
inadequate?

OK. What's an adequate system then?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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