Re: ci cribe

[ucleaar <ucleaar@ucl.ac.uk>]

Jorge:
> And:
> > > To get the second meaning, I would say:
> > >         le ci cribe cu batci rori
> > This doesn't make much sense to me. It seems to me to mean
> > "Each of the three bears bit each of itself" - daft.
> Well, I tried to give it some meaning. I don't know what is
> the meaning of quantifying a variable that is already quantified.
> What do these mean:
>        ro da voi cribe zo'u da batci ro da
>        ro da voi cribe zo'u da batci su'o da
>        ro da voi cribe zo'u da batci re da
> I would say they mean, respectively:
>        Each bear bit each bear.
>        Each bear bit at least one of the bears.
>        Each bear bit two of the bears.

I think this is a good rule of interpretation (given that Lojban is too
advanced in its design for any kind of significant revision).  I don't
think it falls out from the present rule system (& this is what I meant
when I said it makes no sense), but I would support adding such a rule.

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