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Re: [lojban] Re: "Any" and {ro}
la gleki cu cusku di'e
a. SK specific known Somebody called. Guess who?
da pu fonta'a .i ko smadi lo du'u ma kau go'i
da pu fonta'a .i ko smadi lo du'u da me ma kau
b. SU specific unknown I heard something, but I couldn’t tell what it was.
mi pu tirna da .i ku'i mi pu na kakne lo nu facki lo du'u da mo kau
c. IR irrealis You must try somewhere else.
.ei do troci bu'u lo drata
.ei do troci lo nu co'e bu'u lo drata
d. Q question Did anybody tell you anything about it?
xu da do pu jungau de [la'e di'u]
e. CA conditional antecedent If you see anybody, tell me immediately.
va'o lo nu da'i do viska su'o prenu zo'u: ko mi ba zi sai jungau
f. CO comparative John is taller than anybody.
la .djon. cu zmadu ro da (ro drata prenu) lo ka clani
g. DN direct negation John didn’t see anybody.
la .djon. pu na viska [su'o] da (su'o prenu)
h. AM anti-morphic I don’t think that anybody knows the answer.
mi jinvi lo du'u na ku da djuno lo du'u ma kau danfu
i. AA anti-additive The bank avoided taking any decision.
lo banxa [catni] cu rivbi lo nu jdice [su'o] da
j. FC free choice You may kiss anybody.
ro da zo'u: .e'a do da cinba
k. UFC universal free choice John kissed any woman with red hair.
la .djon. pu cinba ro ma'urni'u poi lo xunre ke'a kerfa [zi'e poi penmi]
l. GEN generic Any dog has four legs.
lo gerku cu se tuple vo da
m. IND Indiscriminative I don't want to sleep with just anybody anymore.
mi na za'o djica lo nu mi gletu lo na slabu be mi
(IND has lots of possible interpretations, I think)
mu'o mi'e la selpa'i
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