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la djan cusku di'e
> > It should also be clear that a quantifier for Unique is a fourth
> > quantifier, different from those three. It can be argued that
> > it is a non-quantifier, because of its properties. Lojban {tu'o}
> > is appropriate for this function.
>
> Well, in that case, please argue it and make it clear. So far
> I've only seen proof my assertion.
{su'o broda naku brode} and {naku su'o broda cu brode}
have different meanings.
{ro broda naku brode} and {naku ro broda cu brode}
have different meanings.
{pa broda naku brode} and {naku pa broda cu brode}
have different meanings.
On the other hand:
{tu'o broda naku brode} and {naku tu'o broda cu brode}
have the same meaning.
The same thing happens when you have two quantifiers:
tu'o-quantified things can move around without changing
meaning. ro, su'o and pa-quantified things cannot exchange
place with a differently quantified thing. (Indeed {pa}
can't even exchange places with another pa-quantified thing.)
tu'o-quantified terms (constants) are much easier to deal with
than normally quantified terms.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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