Re: [lojban] Re: Aesop's "The Wolf and the Crane"

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Sunday, January 27, 2013 22:07:21 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 9:11 PM, Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This should be done with {bi'u nai} instead, if the explicitness is
> > desired. It is somewhat of a shame that {lo bi'u nai} is as long as it is.
> 
> I disagree. {le} is the specific article, he's referring to a specific
> thing. This is the reason why {le} exists.

So you can say "le bi'u" the first time, and "le" thereafter. See "le cmalu 
bloti".

Pierre
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