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Re: [jboske] the one and only - counting and Uniques



la djan cusku di'e

> I would be happy to use ropa for li and for Mr.  However, it is not
> quite ro je pa.

It is, I think, the most satisfactory quantifier, but not as 
satisfactory as no quantifier at all. That it won't commute
with negation is a big minus for me.

> ro -unicorn cu blabi .ije pa -unicorn cu blabi is not synonymous with
> ropa -unicorn cu blabi, for the former only entails that there are su'o
> unicorns, whereas the latter entails that there are [exactly] pa.

The former entails that there is exactly one unicorn too. If exactly
one is white and all are white, then there is exactly one. 

mu'o mi'e xorxes

 

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