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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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com