History: BPFK Section: Typicals

cmavo: lo'e (LE)

Proposed Defiition

Typical article. Converts a selbri, selecting its first argument, into a sumti. The resulting expression indicates that the individuals that satisfy the selbri typically also satisfy the predicate for which the sumti is an argument. Quantifiers do not have a clear meaning with this gadri.

Proposed Tag

See Also

• {le'e}
• {le}
• {lo}

Proposed Keywords

• the typical

Usage Examples

lo'e glipre cu xabju le fi'ortu'a na.e le gligugde

"The typical English person dwells not in Africa but in England."

ju'o cu'i mi milxe simsa lo'e makcu prenu

"Perhaps I am a little like the grown-ups."

Notes

lu lo'e broda cu brode li'u mintu lu lo ka ce'u brode cu zilfadni lo'i ro broda li'u

Issues

Another argument about unicorns.

cmavo:le'e (LE)

Proposed Definition

Stereotypical article. Converts a selbri, selecting its first argument, into a sumti. The resulting expression indicates that the individuals that the speaker describes with the selbri typically satisfy, from the point of view of the speaker, the predicate for which the sumti is an argument. Quantifiers do not have a clear meaning with this gadri.

Proposed Tag

See Also

• {le'o}
• {le}
• {lo}

Proposed Keywords

• the stereotypical

Usage Examples

le'e xelso merko cu gusta ponse

"Lots of Greek-Americans own restaurants."

le'e rozgu cu xunre

"Roses are red."

Notes

lu le'e broda cu brode li'u mintu lu pe'i lo ka ce'u brode cu zilfadni le'i broda li'u

Issues