Re: [lojban] Please, the best explanation of {le} vs. {lo}

[selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de>]

la gejyspa cu cusku di'e
> I was never real fond of "tai broda" for "so [X]"  I understand it when
> people use it that way, but I don't use it.  "mutce" seems to be much
> more salient.  I think la'u works, though, too.  (What about ci'u?)  Or
> perhaps "so" is really more of a noise word in these cases, so "iu" (or
> whatever) is more appropriate?

Maybe "this/that" is easier to understand than "so"? I take "so" as 
making an implicit comparison, usually to something unspecific, but 
big/extreme. {tai} certainly does compare, so maybe it will make more 
obvious sense when translated as "this":

	lo gerku cu tai ci'omle
	"Dogs are thi[iiiiiiii]s cute."

You can stretch out your arms to show just how cute dogs are measured in 
terms of the distance between your hands. :)

>    As for "dogs are so cute", I would prefer "loi" in that  construction
> (or possibly even lo'e or le'e).  Man, doesn't anyone use anything but
> "lo" anymore??

How does marking non-distributivity help you to make a more general 
claim? Some group of dogs is cute together?

{lo'e} certainly works (though not everyone agrees on what it means), 
but I don't see how {loi} is any better than {lo}. In fact, I think it's 
worse.

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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