Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Three more issues

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 20:25:58

la aulun cusku di'e

> {le so'o valsi cu valsi}.
>Am I wrong stating that this distinction (le/lei) doesn't really work?
>{le so'o valsi} means: *all* of the several discribed as words, not *each*, 
>so it's plural too.

{ro} means "each". "All" in logic also always means "each".
In ordinary language, "all" is sometimes used for the collective
meaning, but in Lojban {ro} always means "each".

>(ro le su'o -> ro le so'o). Hence: {le
>so'o valsi cu ca'a valsi so'omei gi'enai - pa - valsi}

{le so'o valsi} is "each of several words", and a word is
normally not a valsi so'omei.

{gi'enai pa valsi} is not grammatical. You need a selbri
after gi'enai and {pa valsi} is a sumti. Maybe {me pa valsi},
but {valsi} alone is better.

co'o mi'e xorxes

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