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Re: [lojban] "Any" and {ro}
la gleki, On 20/08/2012 09:53:
On Thursday, August 16, 2012 5:46:19 AM UTC+4, And Rosta wrote:
So "mi citka ma kau" would mean not "I eat anything" but rather "I eat whatever it is that I eat" -- because "do djuno lo du'u mi citka ma kau" means "Whatever it is that I eat, you know know that I eat it" = "You know what I eat".
That makes "mi citka ma kau" still possibly useful, but doesn't give us a way to say "I eat anything". For that, I suggest "ro da su'o mu'ei ku mi citka da", "ro da ka'e ku mi citka da", "I could eat anything", or else "ro da ro mu'ei ku mi citka da", "I would eat anything".
Two questions.
1. Don't you think that it can mean "for each specific x in a
possible world it's possible/necessary that I will eat it".
It means "For each x, it is the case that in all/some circumstances/eventualities I will/would/can/could eat it". Which is what "I will/would/can/could eat anything means", no?
2. Even if I'm wrong then {any} in this example must mean not
choosing any specific object.
I don't understand...
--And.
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