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In short, {{t|sa bỉo}} does three things:
In short, {{t|sa bỉo}} does three things:
# <span style="color:red">introduces</span> an existentially bound variable {{t|bío}} to the clause;
# <span style="color:brown">introduces</span> an existentially bound variable {{t|bío}} to the clause;
# <span style="color:orange">specifies</span> that it refers to a cup (or some cups: see [[plural logic]]);
# <span style="color:chocolate">specifies</span> that it refers to a cup (or some cups: see [[plural logic]]);
# acts in its place in the sentence as an <span style="color:teal">instance</span> of this variable.
# acts in its place in the sentence as an <span style="color:teal">instance</span> of this variable.


<blockquote>
<blockquote>
{{t|Hẻaq jí <u>sa bỉo</u>.}}<br>
{{t|Hẻaq jí <u>sa bỉo</u>.}}<br>
<math>{\color{red}\exists \textsf{bio}}: {\color{orange}\textrm{Bio}(\textsf{bio}) \,\wedge} \, \textrm{Heaq}(\textsf{ji}, {\color{teal}\textsf{bio}})</math><br>
<math>
  {\color{brown}     \underbrace{\exists \textsf{bio}:}_{1}}
\; {\color{chocolate} \underbrace{\textrm{Bio}(\textsf{bio}) \mathop\wedge}_{2}}
\; \textrm{Heaq}(\textsf{ji},
    {\color{teal}     \underbrace{\textsf{bio}}_{3}}
  )
</math><br>
I'm holding some cup(s).
I'm holding some cup(s).
</blockquote>
</blockquote>