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Re: [lojban] [oz] {lo prenu cu cmamau lo makcu}



On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 05:39:58PM +0100, selpa'i wrote:
> la .asiz. cu cusku di'e
> >   {lo prenu cu cmamau lo makcu poi dy ke'a se slabu}.
> >
> >The plausible interpretation is of course distributive,
> >   {ro lo prenu cu cmamau ro lo makcu}.
> >
> >But, if predicates are to be defined on plural variables, shouldn't the
> >original sentence mean that the bunch of prenu is, collectively, smaller
> >than the bunch of makcu?

I'm not even sure what "being collectively smaller" is supposed to mean, really.

I know it's out of fashion, but this seems to be a perfectly good place to use {lo'e}.

{lo prenu cu cmamau lo'e makcu poi dy ke'a se slabu}


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