Re: [jboske] specificity of da (was: kau)

From: Invent Yourself <xod@hidden.email>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 19:50:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [jboske] specificity of da (was: kau)
To: jboske@yahoogroups.com

On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Jordan DeLong wrote:

> I never said that either.  "lo broda" can be used when only one
> broda exists, for example, if the speaker doesn't *know* there's
> only one.

No, even when the speaker knows there is only one. Lojban conflates
specificity with veridicality, and you are only considering specificity as
the reason to use lo.

-- 
jipno se kerlo
re mei re mei degji kakne

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