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BPFK Section: gadri


> On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 02:55:21PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > Yes, you can use {lo blabi ractu} when there is only one white rabbit
> > around.
>
> Please expand on this. In particular, if there is only one white rabbit
> around and you say "lo blabi ractu", are you referring to said local
> white rabbit in any useful way?

You're not referring to it specifically, no, but the fact that there
is a white rabbit present does not preclude that you speak about
white rabbits either. But this is independent of my proposal.
If you say {su'o blabi ractu} you are not referring to any local
rabbit either, you are quantifying over the set of all rabbits.
This has to do with specificity {le} vs. {su'o}/{lo}, not with
{su'o} vs. {lo}.

mu'o mi'e xorxes





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