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Jorge Llambias scripsit:
> Right. But the relevant criteria for deciding whether
> "the Lion lives in Africa" is true is also about {xabju},
> not about {cinfo}. Isn't "the Lion lives in South Africa"
> true, even though most lions don't?
It's false. The lions of South Africa specifically are outliers.
> Or is it false? Is there only one place where the Lion lives?
See my previous posting.
> I agree. I was just answering John's objections that {lo'e} could
> not be {lo'ei} because {lo'ei cinfo cu fetsi} can be true and
> {lo'e cinfo cu fetsi} can't according to CLL. I was pointing
> out that {loi'e cinfo cu fetsi} is true in the same contexts
> where {lo'ei cinfo cu fetsi} is true.
Can you show me such a context? I don't see it.
> When we are discussing a person and what type of animals
> that person hunts, for example. In that context, seeing
> lions as the Lion would be appropriate. He hunts the Lion
> but never the Tiger.
For that usage, I would prefer ko'a kaltu loi cinfo .enai loi tirxu.
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