Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rGYha-00007DC; Sat, 10 Dec 94 22:47 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2037; Sat, 10 Dec 94 22:47:49 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 2035; Sat, 10 Dec 1994 22:47:49 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7788; Sat, 10 Dec 1994 21:44:31 +0100 Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 15:51:32 EST Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: jei X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 470 Lines: 14 la lojbab cusku di'e > But mi djuno fi lejei broda DOES mean "I know whether broda" more or less. > It means I know something about the truth value of the predication broda, > which to me means "I know whether broda". It can mean that, but it can also mean many other things. For example, for every broda, I know something about "le jei broda": I know that it is a number between 0 and 1. This doesn't mean that I know whether "le du'u broda" is true or not. Jorge