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[lojban] Re: "Any" and {ro}
On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:35:28 PM UTC+4, la gleki wrote:I couldn't reply to the post (due to server error every time i tried to send my reply) so I'm creating another topic.
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.
Well, I've got two links.
http://migmaq.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/McCulloch-2012-Migmaq-Indefinites-handout-for-OWNAL1.pdf
http://www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/bla/beyondsem2011/aguilar_final.pdf
This is the exhaustive (as of 2012 ;) ) list of examples that describe the difference between some and any.
a. SK specific known Somebody called. Guess who?
b. SU specific unknown I heard something, but I couldn’t tell what it was.
c. IR irrealis You must try somewhere else.
d. Q question Did anybody tell you anything about it?
e. CA conditional antecedent If you see anybody, tell me immediately.
f. CO comparative John is taller than anybody.
g. DN direct negation John didn’t see anybody.
h. AM anti-morphic I don’t think that anybody knows the answer.
i. AA anti-additive The bank avoided taking any decision.
j. FC free choice You may kiss anybody.
k. UFC universal free choice John kissed any woman with red hair.
l. GEN generic Any dog has four legs.
m. IND Indiscriminative I don't want to sleep with just anybody anymore.
It seems that "any" is a non-problem. Do you za'o have problems with translating these examples?
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