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de'i li 2002-10-24 ti'u li 20:34:00 la xorxes. cusku di'e
>la djan cusku di'e
>
>> > I would say: {mi nitcu lo'e tanxe lo nu setca
>> > lei vi cukta ty i e'o ko cpagau mi ty}.
>>
>>I don't know how to supply you with the typical box, any more than I
>>can capture the typical lion. That is, mi kavbu lo'e cinfo is false,
>>and by the same token mi cpacu lo'e tanxe is false too.
>
>How can lo'e cinfo inhabit but not be captured.
>Or maybe it can be captured, but not by one person?
>Can the typical lion be captured? And if it can, by whom?
That is becaus 'lo'e cinfo' makes a claim about the generic lion, so claiming that 'lo'e cinfo cu xabju le friko' means more or less that if you take an arbitrary lion, chances are that it lives in Africa. You would have to capture a very large number of lions in order for it to be true that 'mi kavbu lo'e cinfo'. Likewise with 'lo'e cakla'. If I say 'mi nelci lo'e cakla', I'm saying that given an arbitrary piece of chocolate, chances are pretty good that I'll like it. Of course, this property of chocolate is not defining in any way and most people who are familiar with chocolate are not aware of it, but I think it still holds as a property of generic chocolate.
mu'o mi'e .adam.