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At 11:57 PM 12/17/02 +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
la djan cusku di'e
> > I agree with that last bit. On the other hand, {mi nitcu loi mikce}
> > says that there is some fraction of the mass of doctors such
> > that I need that fraction. Not what we want.
>
>Au contraire, I think it is exactly what we want (if we can dismiss
>the "sundry detached doctor parts" interpretation).
I don't think {loi mikce} can refer to detached doctor parts.
That has to be {loi mikce pagbu}. {loi mikce} can only be some
doctors collectively, but only doctors, not doctor parts.
But {mi nitcu loi mikce} says that there is some group of doctors
(possibly a singleton) such that I need that group. That's not
the usual meaning of "I need a doctor".
The usual meaning is more like "mi nitcu lo nu da/lo mikce cu mikce mi" which suggests that "I need a box" is "mi nitcu lo nu da/lo tanxe tanxe zo'e" Feel free to add/replace ce'u if applicable. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@hidden.email Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org