Re: [lojban] {zo'e} as close-scope existentially quantified plural variable

[John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com>]

I know I have not followed where this is wandering, but why would MB have 
trouble with 2 or 3 and have to go off in the way you suggest (and what dfoes 
this have to do with {zo'e} or even {lo))?



----- Original Message ----
From: Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>
To: lojban@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sun, October 16, 2011 6:49:47 PM
Subject: Re: [lojban] {zo'e} as close-scope existentially quantified plural 
variable

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Martin Bays <mbays@sdf.org> wrote:
>>
>> The drawback of that approach is that you cannot combine predications
>> that "resolve" differently.
[...]
> In any case, this drawback seems a rather small one to me.

It's impotant though. For example, compare:

(1) ca lo prulamnicte mi tavla su'o da poi do nelci ke'a
"Last night I talked to someone you like."

(2) ca lo prulamnicte mi citka su'o da poi do nelci ke'a
"Last night I ate something you like."

You want to accept (1) but reject (2), even though to me they have the
exact same logical structure. You would need to say something like "ca
lo prulamnicte mi citka su'o da poi ckaji su'o de poi do nelci ke'a"
instead of (2).

Or consider:

(3) mi zukte lo se zukte be do
"I'm doing what you are doing."

You have to say: "mi zukte lo ckaji be lo se ckaji be lo se zukte be do."

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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