Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id TAA28735 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 19:24:37 -0400 Message-Id: <199510022324.TAA28735@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 18E435FA ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 19:02:35 -0400 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: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Mon Oct 2 19:24:40 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU 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