Subject: Re: [lojban] na'ebo

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:48:58 -0400 (EDT)

Jorge Llambias scripsit:

> Is a dog {na'ebo lo gerku}, on the grounds that it is other
> than some (other) dog? In that case, {lo na'e broda} would
> be equivalent to {na'ebo ro broda}.

Formally, yes. But na'e always involves a scale of some sort,
so a dog would be an unlikely candidate for "na'ebo lo gerku"
because dogs are not obviously on a scale, not even a qualitative one.

-- 
John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan <[email-masked]>
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! `Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)