la'o me. Анатолий Гашев .me cusku di'e
I don't worry just about the case. But I want to know precise
distinction between using {le} and {lo}. Yes, I'm Russian, but it
doesn't mean anything in the way of Lojban.
From http://www.lojban.org/tiki/BPFK+Section%3A+gadri I understood {lo}
is anything, and {le} is {lo} that I have in my mind in the moment of
speaking. For example,
mi ba terve'u lo karce - cuz right now I don't have in my mind image of
my future car I'll want, but
mi ca ca'a ponse le karce
And if you're going to say that using {mi ca ca'a ponse lo karce} is
perfectly well, then I might ask why even {le} exists in Lojban.
You can always use {lo}. You have the option to use {le} when you think that explicitly marking specificity is necessary.
{lo} is generic, but, unlike English, this does not make it wrong to use {lo} when you have specific referents in mind. When you own a specific car, it's also true that you own "any or some" car. {lo} is vague and therefore always applicable. If you don't care about the specificity distinction, then you don't need to use {le}, but if you do, then you can.
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