Re: [lojban] "Any" and {ro}

[selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de>]

Am 15.08.2012 14:35, schrieb la gleki:

I couldn't reply to the post (due to server error every time i tried to send my reply) so I'm creating another topic.

This is really an interesting question.

*Any* ideas of how to express "any" in Lojban?

I can clearly feel the difference between "any" and "each/every/all" ({ro}) but I can't describe it.

Logically, "any" is su'o/ro/no:
mi na ponse [su'o] da  (same as mi ponse no da)
I don't have anything.

xu do ponse [su'o] da
Do you possess anything?

For the sentence in question ("Which book do you want?" — "I'll take any"), you can also use su'o:
A: ma poi cukta cu jai se djica do
B: su'o boi cy / su'o lo cukta

The emphasis seems different, which is why I personally like to use {ma kau} for some of these cases.
mi djica lo nu klama ma kau
I want to go wherever

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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