From cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!LOJBAN Tue Sep 17 16:03:59 1991 Return-Path: Date: Tue Sep 17 16:03:59 1991 Message-Id: <9109171943.AA07552@relay1.UU.NET> Reply-To: "61510::GILSON" Sender: Lojban list From: "61510::GILSON" Subject: Opinion vs. belief X-To: lojban To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann Status: RO Lojbab says: >The following pair use speaker attitudinals, which are incidental and >discursive to a claim (tome of voice conveys such discursive content in >English), to make it clear that the main predicate is the arrival, with >John as the subject. > >pe'i la djan ba klamu'o caze'a la bicac. >I opine John will arrive at-interval 8:00 > >.ia la djan ba klamu'o caze'a la bicac. >I believe John will arrive at-interval 8:00 > > >The following has the speaker's belief as the predicate, and >the speaker as the subject. (The parallel sentence for opinion is >expressed by substituting jinvi for krici) > >mi krici ledu'u la djan ba klamu'o caze'a la bicac. >I believe the predication John will arrive at-interval 8:00 I am curious as to what difference there is between "believe/belief" and "opine/opinion" here; to me they are exact synonyms. Bruce R. Gilson