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

[la gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>]

On Friday, August 24, 2012 4:42:37 PM UTC+4, la .lindar. wrote:

CLEARLY we must invent a new gismu for this!

I propose {bleni} because "Blah!" for how you react to this suggestion, and then it also sounds like "any".

On a more serious note, I think a clear-cut PA would be very handy.

- Give me an apple?

- Which one? There are several in this basket.
- Any. I want to eat.

I think logic can't define the difference between "one of..." and "any". There for {xe'e} in PA would be strange.
What are your objections against {su'a}?

{da} - some apple in the basket.
{da su'a} - any apple in the basket.
{da su'anai} - some specific apple in the basket (e.g. the yellow one).

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