Re: [lojban] da broda, ko'a broda, da bu'a, zo'e co'e

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:21 AM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Suppose there is a context where I have not specified "da" and "ko'a".
> Under what additional condition should I have "da poi ..." and not
> "ko'a poi ..." in order to create a re-usable variable for a specific
> referent?

You should use "ko'a goi" for that. Neither "[su'o] da poi" nor "ko'a
poi" will do what you want.

If you need a selbri to identify the referent of "ko'a" you could also
use "ko'a noi".

"da" can't really be used to refer to anything.

> What is it that "da" can achieve but "ko'a" cannot, besides
> that unbound "da" is meaningless?

"da" is a slot marker for a quantifier. The quantifier that binds it
tells you how many things from the domain will satisfy some predicate
when they fill the slot (or slots) marked by "da".

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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