Re: [lojban] Explicit non-restriction

[Daniel Brockman <dbrockman@gmail.com>]

>> If you say {.i do nelci ma}, most people will assume that
>> you've left out some implicit {poi broda} on {ma}.
>
> Why? "ma" usually means "what?", not "which?".
>
> Without any more context, I would read "do nelci ma" as "what do you like?".

Yeah, which sounds strange in English too.  The proper response
to that question is "what do you mean?"

You have to say something like "out of all things, what do you like?"

So maybe {.i do nelci ma poi me ro da}?  But that sounds weird.

> But for example with more context:
>
>   lo ckafi lo tcati zo'u do nelci ma
>   "Coffee, tea: which do you like?"

Yeah, that works well.  So {ro da zo'u do nelci ma}?  Better.

Maybe {do nelci ma bi'u} is a good way!

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