Re: "re lo'e broda" is semantically bogus

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

la djan cusku di'e
> la xorxes. cusku di'e
>
> > Does that mean that {lei broda} means {le pisu'o lei broda}?
> >
> > Otherwise, I can't see how it can be specific.
>
> You are correct, and I was muddled here.  I now think that "lei"/"lai" are
> -specific, but they are a -specific portion of a +specific mass.

Yes, like {su'o le broda} is a -specific selection from a +specific
total, but the default should be {piro lei}.

> The
> same is true of "loi", of course, but the mass is -inmind +veridical
> rather than +inmind -veridical.

Why not make {lei}/{lai} +specific? Besides, I think they will be used
like that anyway by analogy with {le}/{la}.

Jorge