Re: a triviality

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

la stiv cusku di'e

> could someone please tell me the difference between {le} and {lo}?
> they seem to be used somewhat interchangably (though i've never seen
> {lo} with the {ku} counterpart) an it's never defined in the lessons
> *shrug*

{ku} is the terminator for any member of selma'o LE, i.e. for any of
{le}, {lo}, {lei}, {loi}, {lo'e}, etc. It is usually elidable.

The difference between {le} and {lo}, as I understand it, is this:

le broda = each of the broda that I'm talking about.
lo broda = at least one of all the broda that there are.

Using {le broda} means that you assume that your audience knows or
can figure out which one(s) you mean. Using {lo broda} means that
you are not giving any indication as to which of all broda satisfies
the relationship in question, you are only saying that there is at
least one of them that does.

(Others view it somewhat differently, giving more importance to
veridicality.)

Jorge