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And Rosta scripsit:
> pa doesn't guarantee uniqueness: ro broda cu brode pa li mu = "each broda is
> brode of one number 5". Because there is only one number 5, this isn't
> a problem, of course. But the quantifier should be tu'o.
I agree that pa does not guarantee uniqueness, but since uniqueness is
guaranteed by outside factors, there seems to be no reason not to use it
as the default. Saying "tu'o" is the default suggests that by default
there is no meaningful answer to the question "How many instances of
li mu are there", whereas it seems to me there is a meaningful answer,
viz. one.
> So is {re la smifs} nonsensical?
I don't know.
> Taking your characterization
> of Lojban cmene as corrent, I think they are best thought of as
> brivla (with a restricted distribution), and a-gadri as varieties of
> e-gadri.
Yes.
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