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Re: [lojban] Re: "Any" and {ro}
On Sunday, April 07, 2013 05:51:05 la gleki wrote:
> 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?
Of these, I don't understand CO (my usage allows "everybody" or "somebody",
but not "anybody"), and I don't know how to translate UFC or IND. The rest I
do not have any problem with.
a. da fonta'a .i ko smadi lo du'u da mokau
b. mi tirna da .iku'i na ga'ezga da makau
c. do troci tu'a lo drata .ei selzva
d. xu da jungau do de tu?
e. ganai da'i do viska da gizibo ko jungau mi (this doesn't parse, and I'm not
sure where to put "zibo")
g. la .djan. na viska da
h. mi jinvi lodu'u noda djuno le danfu
i. roda zo'u le banxa cu rivbi lo nu jdice da
j. roda zo'u curmi lo nu do cinba da
l. lo'e gerku cu se tuple voda
mu'omi'e .pier.
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