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

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

On 27 August 2012 17:00, la gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now translate "Give me three (specific) apples" - it will again be
> translated as "e'o do fi mi dunda fe ci da poi plise".

({e'o} concerns a request more than a command.)

The difference between

a) three apples

and

b) three specific apples

is that (b) explicitly speaks of entities to which some restrictive
piece of information other than "be-apple" can be attributed. I think
{poi co'e} would do the job:

ko dunda ci plise poi co'e
Give (me) three apples which are/do something.

It doesn't specify which apples, but it is meant to refer to specific apples.


mu'o

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