Return-Path: <@segate.sunet.se:LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@BITMAIL.LSOFT.COM> Received: from segate.sunet.se by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0szvaw-0000ZSC; Tue, 3 Oct 95 02:52 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by segate.sunet.se (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 5C683F14 ; Tue, 3 Oct 1995 1:52:29 +0200 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 19:01:11 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: future tense X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 609 Lines: 19 la pitr cusku di'e > Here's a stab at it: > create a gismu (xxxxx) for which > x1 = person predicting a future event > x2 = prediction (event) > x3 = criteria/evidence supporting prediction > x4 = time-location of predicted event Creating new gismu is probably out of the question at this stage, but you can make a lujvo, and in any case there are already some candidates for what you want. {jinvi} has a place for the evidence, and the time-location of your prediction can be included in x2. For example: mi jinvi le du'u le bolci ba farlu kei fo le nu le bolci ca'o gunro le jubme Jorge