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Re: [jboske] CLL lo'e broda is lo jai ka broda (was: Mr. Bird has 2 wings (was: essentials of a gadri system))



Invent Yourself scripsit:

> I think you're trying to say that the most we can say about Mr. Bird is
> that he has the minimal properties shared by 'all birds'. I believe this
> is given by lo jai ka cipni; whereas le'e = le jai ka cipni.

No, because it's true that <theKind> cipni se viska mi, which is not a property
shared by ro lo cipni.

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