Re: lo'e cinfo and lo'e -antelope

And Rosta scripsit:

> Perhaps you think of lo'e broda as something like Mr Typical Broda,
> Mr Thing-that-has-no-properties-but-those-that-are-typical-of-brodadom.

Yes, that is what I think.

> In that case, I will retract what I said, and agree with you, but I
> would point out that "I know that lo'e cinfo cu xabju le friko"
> would mean "Lions are generally known by me to live in Africa". 

I don't follow that. Where does the subjectivity ("known by me") come in?
Otherwise, yes, it means "Lions generally live in Africa."

> that is much much less useful than a quantifier-based analysis of
> lo'e, which has much greater expressive potential.

But it's wrong. :-)

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