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Re: On {lo} and existence



> ({lohi nu broda gihe na broda} would fairly clearly be non-empty,
> but lo dahi god knows whether {lohi nu broda kei gihe na nu broda}
> is non-empty.)

.i gi'e ki'a .i na genxau pe'i

> > > Any of these three is okay by me.
> > My first choice would be that {nu broda} be a real event of brodaing.
> > I can accept it being a potential event of brodaing, but I'd hate to
> > let {lo broda} be anything other than a this-world broda.
> > ("This world" being the world in which the discourse takes place.)
>
> I think that of those who've expressed a view, only Lojbab doesn't
> go along with your first or second choice, though of the remainder
> I don't know whether it is your first or your second choice that
> they prefer. John & pc said they agree with you, but the status
> of {nu} wasn't mentioned.

.i cai lo remoi

no'i ru'a
.i la'elu mi skicu lonu mi seltu'e li'u ka'e jetnu
.i la'elu mi skicu lenu mi selna'i li'u ka'e jetnu
.i la'elu mi skicu lonu mi selna'i li'u na li'a jetnu

co'o mi'e. goran.

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