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

[Logical Language Group <lojbab>]

mi pu cusku di'e

> > BTW, I think that your argument that "lei" (and presumably "lai") want
> > "piro" as the outside quantifier because they are +specific is incorrect.
> > Outside quantifiers for masses (and sets) aren't true quantifiers, they are
> > partitioners (or sumpn like that).

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

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