Note that unlike in the ma'oste, as I recall every UI is= explicitly described as realis/irrealis on their BPFK page, perhaps with s= ome exceptions in the form of obviously-realis words like {ui}.

mi'e la latro'a mu'o

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:23 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail= .com> wrote:

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Ross Ogilvie <ross@rossogilvie.id.a= u> wrote:

"difficult to imagine" is one assertion
The other one is first asserting that it is being imagined, and then also s= aying you feeling that the imagining is difficult.
<= div>No. UI do not assert anything. They merely express the attitude of the = speaker. This is why they are called "attitudinals". Their purpos= e is to easily convey the current emotional mindset of the speaker.
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On 13/01/2013 12:48 PM, "Annie" <park.annie@asb= .gaggle.net> wrote:

what exactly is the difference between difficult to = imagine and the imagining being difficult?

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On Jan 12, 2013, at 5:05 AM, Ross Ogilvie <ross@rossogilvie.id.au> wrote:=

It's more about the sentence structure and assertion. When yo= u say "difficult to imagine", the main assertion is about the dif= ficulty. In the sentence {lo si'o ciska lo ro fa'oma'o cu xanri= } the main assertion (the selbri) is about imagining (xanri). Adding fu'= ;inai after xanri is like huffing to indicate that you find the imaging is = difficult.

mu'o mi'e ros

On 12 January 2013 09:24, Annie <park.annie@asb.gaggle.ne= t> wrote:

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