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  Actually, what you really want is "xu ___ ru'a".  The sentence IS a
question, but you are asking for confirmation on your assumptions.  Such as
"do du la'o gy. Dr. Livingston gy. xu ru'a" ("Dr. Livingston, I presume?")
                                --gejyspa

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 3:43 PM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>wrote:

> (Initially sent from the wrong email address).
>
>
> I just found myself, in English, ending a sentence that started with "I
> assume" with a question mark.
>
> I was asking a question, but I had no question words in the sentence.
>
> {xu mi sruma ko'a} would translate as "Do I assume {ko'a}?", which is not
> what I meant.
>
> Is {pau mi sruma ko'a} grammatical (I expect so)?
> Is it a horrible misuse of {pau} (I hope not)?
> Would you understand it, and would it offend your lojbanic sensibilities?
>
>
>
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> mu'o mi'e .arpis.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>=A0 Actually, what you really want is &quot;xu ___ ru=
&#39;a&quot;.=A0 The sentence IS a question, but you are asking for confirm=
ation on your assumptions.=A0 Such as &quot;do=A0du la&#39;o gy. Dr. Living=
ston gy. xu ru&#39;a&quot; (&quot;Dr. Livingston, I presume?&quot;)</div>

<div>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --gejyspa<br><br></div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 3:43 PM, .arpis. <span d=
ir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rpglover64%2Bjbobau@gmail.com">rpglover64+=
jbobau@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex=
; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote">(Initially sent from the wrong e=
mail address).=20
<div class=3D"im"><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br>I just found myself, in English, ending a se=
ntence that started with &quot;I assume&quot; with a question mark.<br><br>=
I was asking a question, but I had no question words in the sentence.<br>
<br>{xu mi sruma ko&#39;a} would translate as &quot;Do I assume {ko&#39;a}?=
&quot;, which is not what I meant.<br><br>Is {pau mi sruma ko&#39;a} gramma=
tical (I expect so)?<br>Is it a horrible misuse of {pau} (I hope not)?<br>
Would you understand it, and would it offend your lojbanic sensibilities?<b=
r></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br></div>mu&#39;o mi&#39;e .arpis.=20
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