Re: Message from Colin FIne

[Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>]

la kolin cusku di'e

[...]
> so      lu'i le nanmu cu se cimei
>
> does mean "the set of (all) the designated men is a set of cardinal 3"
>
> I thought at first that "le'i nanmu" meant the same thing, but now I think
> it means "the designated sets of men" - I'm not sure, though.

Would {lu'i ro lo nanmu} be the same as {lo'i nanmu}? Probably yes.

> In the same way,
>         "lu'a le klesi" means "[all] the members of the designated classes",
> distributively, and

[all] or [at least one of]? The cmavo list suggests [all], the grammar paper
suggests [at least one of]. I agree with the paper, but in any case it would
be nice if they were made to agree.


>         "lu'o le nanmu" means "the mass of [all] the designated men"
> (which has properties of some of the men, properties of all of the men,
> and properties of the mass)

Again, what's the default quantifier of {lu'o}?
{pisu'o} would seem to be consistent with {lei}, {loi}.


Jorge