Appendix:Lojban/lo

Usage notes

 * A phrase begun with  ends with the elidable terminator  unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator is elided).
 * The article  behaves in a rather -like fashion. For example, let K be a predicate standing for the Lojban, and let P be a predicate standing for the  , then the Lojban sentence "" could be expressed symbolically as $$K(\epsilon x \, P(x))$$, where $$\epsilon x \, P(x)$$ stands for "".
 * In a phrase such as "" (where acts as an "inner quantifier"), the selbri which follows it may or may not "distribute" with respect to it, so that the "three people" may or may not be interpreted as acting as a concerted group, or so-called "mass". To be more precise, if the group acts concertedly, precede lo with, or equivalently, replace  with . If the group does not act concertedly, but is instead "" (the selbri "distributes" with respect to it), then use  instead of.
 * A rule of thumb might be to avoid using inner quantifiers with  altogether, just as in English it would wrong to say "*a three dogs". On the other hand, "a set of three dogs" would translate as "", and "a group of three dogs (act as a team to) surround a man" would be "".
 * In a phrase such as "" (where acts as an "outer quantifier"), the  which follows the  does "distribute" with respect to it, so that the selbri applies to each one of the three individuals, separately.