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Re: [lojban] Re: "Any" and {ro}
On Monday, April 8, 2013 4:18:31 PM UTC+4, selpa'i wrote: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)
ckire do lo ka fanva i mi mo'u jmina lo do xe fanva la tatoebas
i zo'oi http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences_lists/show/1351/jbo
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