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On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 05:54:38PM -0700, Rex May - Baloo wrote: > But, no reason why we can't have a 'one' word for such usage. Anybody have > any ideas? One thing might be the introduction of another tV word, with the > meaning of "-generally." Let's say it's 'tu" > > To xyen kom karn. The dog (the one already mentioned) eats meat. > Ta xyen kom karn. A dog eats meat. (in answer to "What's going on in the > next room?") > Tu xyen kom karn. Dogs-generally eat meat. Yes. You'd end up needing something like that eventually (the Lojban equivalent gets used a lot), so it's good that it's in the t-series. -- Rob Speer