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Re: [engelang] Xorban: Termsets



On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:57 AM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:
>
> While I'm thinking about the rest, tell me how you might do:
>
> Some cat is black and some cat is white.

je sa mlta xkra sa mlta blba
[some A/cat(A): black(A)] & [some A/cat(A): white(A)]

la mlta je le mneka xkre le mneka blbe
A/cat(A): [E/among(E,A): black(E)] & [E/among(E,A): white(A)]

la mlta le mneka ge xkre blbe
A/cat(A): E/among(E,A): [black(E)+white(E)](E)

> Some cat is black and every dog is black.

je sa mlta xkra ra grka xkra
[some A/cat(A): black(A)] & [every A/dog(A): black(A)]

la mlta le grke je li mnika xkri li gnmike xkri
A/cat(A): E/dog(E): [I/among(I,A): black(I)] & [I/group(I,A): black(I)]

la mlta le grke li gi mnika gnmike xkri
A/cat(A): E/dog(E): I/[among(I,A)+Igroup(I,E)](I): black(I)

> Every small cat is black and (every) large cat is white.

je ra je cmla mlta xkra ra je brda mlta blba
every A/[small(A) & cat(A)]: black(A) & every A/[large(A) & cat(A)]: white(A)

la mlta je re je cmle mneka xkre re je brde mneka blbe
A/cat(A): [every E/[small(E) & among(E,A)]: black(E) & every
E/[large(E) & among(E,A)]: white(E)

ma'a xrxe