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Re: [lojban] "Any" and {ro}
la gleki cu cusku di'e
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.
Thinking back to this topic, I'm wondering why nobody suggested simple
{lo}. It's more or less perfect for this kind of thing.
ko dunda lo plise pe lo lanka mi
Give me any apple from the basket.
No need for quantifiers.
In fact, some of the quantifier examples might be incorrect, depending
on the scope of {ko}.
We don't want to say "There is an apple that I want you to give me"
(because we are happy with *any* apple), but this would happen if {da}
had scope over {ko}. Does the CLL say anything about this?
mu'o mi'e la selpa'i
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