From lojbab@lojban.org Wed Mar 05 10:39:47 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 5 Mar 2003 18:39:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 57570 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2003 18:39:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 Mar 2003 18:39:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakemtao03.cox.net) (68.1.17.242) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Mar 2003 18:39:46 -0000 Received: from lojban.lojban.org ([68.100.92.1]) by lakemtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20030305183946.JGBD8666.lakemtao03.cox.net@lojban.lojban.org> for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:39:46 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030305133209.00ace600@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: rlechevalier@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 13:34:58 -0500 To: "jboste" Subject: Re: [lojban] Any In-Reply-To: <000901c2e306$bb534260$ed9fca3e@oemcomputer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: Robert LeChevalier X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab At 12:01 PM 3/5/03 +0100, G. Dyke wrote: >I have two possible solutions to the problem of saying: > >"I need a doctor" (ie any doctor will do) > >(1){mi nitcu lu'a lo'i mikce} > >I think these both work but set out to solve different problems. > >(1) says "take the set of doctors, I need a member of that set". ta'o This >is also the way I would solve "Someone feed the cat": {lu'a ro ko le >mlatu} "pa lu'i", not "lu'a" (actually "pa lu'a" may also work or even be better - haven't thought about it, but you DO need the outside quantifier). -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org