Re: xor questions (was Re: indirect Qs (was Re: On logji lo

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

>>Just translate "Cause me to know for each of {tea xor coffee}
>>whether the pot contains it" into Lojban.
>
>That's what I don't know how to do. "Each of {tea xor coffee}" is not
>standard logic as far as I know, and I don't know how to express
>it succintly in Lojban. If you express it into standard notation it would
>be something like "Cause me to know for each of {tea; coffee}
>--More--
>whether the pot contains it, bearing in mind that the pot contains
>one and only one of them".

But you need not express it in standard notation. Lojban can express the
indicated sentence using
ro lu'i lo tcati .onai lo ckafi
or more convenient to the issue
ma po'u pa lu'i lo tcati ce lo ckafi cu se vasru

lojbab