2014-11-22 16:43 GMT+03:00 Jorge Llamb=C3=ADas <jjllambias@gmail.co= m>:

On Sat= , Nov 22, 2014 at 3:22 AM, Gleki Arxokuna <gleki.is.my.name@gmail= .com> wrote:

How can "I have to go" and "I should go" be subtl= e? Their difference is very important.
Why losing it?
=

Which difference do you= think is being lost?

=C2=A0.e'i is part of a = series of illocutionaries e'a/e'e/e'i/e'o/e'u with the = speaker's attitude towards an action to be performed (typically but not= necessarily) by someone else:

.e'a: I hereby = grant permission for this to take place:
.e'e: I hereby give = encouragement for this to take place:
.e'i: I hereby impart i= nstructions for this to take place: (or to use "constraint": I he= reby impose a constraint for this to take place:)=C2=A0
.e'o:= I hereby pose a request for this to take place:
.e'u: I here= by make a suggestion for this to take place:

.ei i= s used to express how one feels the world ought to be:

=
.ei: It ought to be the case that this takes place:
<= /div>

But that's how BPFK pages repurpo= sed ei and e'i.=C2=A0

Usage tells that:

ei mi cliva= - conventions/rules dictate that I leave.

e'i mi cliva - the= situation forces me to leave.

ei is a UI for {sei mi te javni}.<= /div>

e'i is a UI for {sei mi bilga}.

So m= y question is why e'i was moved from {ei} group into {e'V} group tu= rning it into kinda imperative marker.

So we have:

=C2=A0.= ei mi cliva
=C2=A0It ought to be the case that I leave.
=C2=A0I ought to leave.
=C2=A0I should leave.

=C2=A0.e'i mi cliva
=C2=A0I hereby impart instructions= that I leave.
=C2=A0(Direct first person singular imperative not= available in English, but "e'i mi'o cliva" "Let'= ;s leave".)

=C2=A0[ju'a] mi bilga lo ka c= liva
=C2=A0[I assert that] I am under the obligation of leaving.<= /div>
=C2=A0I have to leave.

There are circums= tances when all three can be felicitously used, even though their precise m= eanings are somewhat different.

Examples with &quo= t;mi" as the agent are not always the best to show how UIs work, becau= se it makes it harder to disentangle the effect on "mi" as the sp= eaker from the effect on "mi" as the agent. With "do" w= e have:

=C2=A0.ei do cliva
=C2=A0It ough= t to be the case that you leave.
=C2=A0You ought to leave.
<= div>=C2=A0You should leave. (But not because I say so.)
=C2=A0It&= #39;s best if you leave.

=C2=A0.e'i do cliva
=C2=A0I hereby impart instructions that you leave.
=C2= =A0You should leave. (Because I say so. An instruction.)
=C2=A0Le= ave.

=C2=A0[ju'a] do bilga lo ka cliva
=C2=A0[I assert that] You are under the obligation of leaving.
=C2=A0You have to leave. (A statement, not an instruction.)

=
With a third person:

=C2=A0.ei la = .alis. cu cliva
=C2=A0It ought to be the case that Alice leaves.<= /div>
=C2=A0Alice ought to leave.
=C2=A0Alice should leave. (= But not because I say so.)
=C2=A0It's best if Alice leaves.

=C2=A0.e'i la .alis. cu cliva
=C2=A0I= hereby impart instructions that Alice leaves.
=C2=A0Alice should= leave. (Because I say so. An instruction.)
=C2=A0(Let Alice leav= e.)

=C2=A0[ju'a] la .alis. cu bilga lo ka cliv= a
=C2=A0[I assert that] Alice is under the obligation of leaving.=
=C2=A0Alice has to leave. (A statement, not an instruction.)

mu'o mi'e xorxes
=

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