From LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Sat Mar 6 22:58:35 2010 Reply-To: Don Wiggins Sender: Lojban list Date: Tue Dec 17 10:16:25 1996 From: Don Wiggins Subject: PLI: evidentials in reported speech To: John Cowan X-UIDL: e2526aa2ff111ab1f76679c6ca8ad61f X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 490 X-From-Space-Date: Tue Dec 17 10:16:25 1996 X-From-Space-Address: - Message-ID: How does one write reported speech that originally contained an evidential: .i ko'a cusku lu .i pe'i fo'a ca'o klama lo zarci li'u He said " I-opine-that she is-still going to-the shop. " Is this equivalent to: .i ko'a cusku lesedu'u pe'idai fo'a ca'o klama lo zarci He said that other-opine-that she is-still going to-the shop. .i ko'a pe'idai cusku lesedu'u fo'a ca'o klama lo zarci He<-opinion-of said... .i pe'ipei