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Re: [jboske] Collective: definition



Jorge Llambias scripsit:
> 
> 
> la djan cusku di'e:
> 
> >I don't see any reasonable way of making individual
> >waters into a collective without them becoming substance once more.
> 
>    ko bevri lei mu djacu lei prenu pe le jubme po'u li ze
>    Take the five waters to the people in table 7.
> 
> {lei mu djacu} is a collective of five individual waters,
> not a substance.

For lei, yes; I was thinking in loi terms.  Part of the trouble
is that piroloi is unique, whereas pirolei is not.

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John Cowan                                   jcowan@hidden.email
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