[lojban] da and existence

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

In another thread there were comments that led me to believe that {da} must refer to a thing that actually exists.  The definition also sounds like that is the case:
> logically quantified existential pro-sumti: there exists something 1 (usually restricted).

That seems kind of strange to me.  So, does {da poi na zasti} basically mean, by definition, the empty set?

And does that mean that I have to be very careful when using {da} to make sure that we're talking about existent things?

i.e. if I'm thinking about unicorns what does it mean for me to say {da poi mi pensi ke'a cu cinri}.  I guess in that example it might be ok since my (thoughts about unicorns) do exist but... still, seems weird for {da} to require existence (if in fact I'm understanding the definition correctly).

mi'e la .cribe.

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