From cowan Thu Dec 7 17:19:02 1995 Subject: Re: TECH: lambda and "ka" revisited From: John Cowan To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu (Lojban List) Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 17:19:02 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <199512011328.IAA20171@locke.ccil.org> from "Chris Bogart" at Nov 30, 95 03:13:25 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 627 Status: OR Message-ID: mi cusku di'e > >However, the gismu "fasnu" is true only of such event abstract objects > >as actually occur. la stivn. cusku di'e > How does that fit in with the notion that unmarked bridi may be either > "ca'a" or "ka'e" or "nu'o"? Granted. ca'a fasnu x1 actually happens ka'e fasnu x1 could possibly happen nu'o fasnu x1 could happen but has not pu'i fasnu x1 can and has happened with appropriate changes for tense. But in any event, something can be "nu ... kei" without "ca'a fasnu", and probably even without "ka'e fasnu", being true of it. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.