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On Mon, 17 Oct 1994, Jorge Llambias wrote:

>
> Unfortunately, I haven't seen Veijo's post yet, and my comment is really
> off-topic, but I think the distinction is interesting:
>
>         mi ba citka lo plise
>         I will eat an apple
>
> is always a prediction in Lojban, in the sense that it claims an event
> that will happen in the future. On the other hand,
>
>         mi [ca] pu'o citka lo plise
>         I'm going to eat an apple
>
> is not a prediction. It is a claim about the present, and of course
> it is infected by all sorts of intentionalities, and it may be true
> even if I never end up eating an apple. (It still refers to some apple,
> not to any arbitrary apple, though.)

VERY useful distinction. Thanks.

        Colin