From LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:54:01 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Received: (qmail 9255 invoked from network); 24 Sep 1997 14:05:35 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se (192.36.125.6) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with SMTP; 24 Sep 1997 14:05:35 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <2.2156E8AC@SEGATE.SUNET.SE>; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 16:05:24 +0100 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 15:02:27 BST Reply-To: Don Wiggins Sender: Lojban list From: Don Wiggins Subject: Re: RV: na'e entails na? X-To: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 486 Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4b4D7lK8VMD.A.3n.J20kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org> > (2) If na`e doesn't entail na: How to say something equivlant to > na`e + na? This is dead easy: .i .abu by. cy. na broda .ije na'ego'i and go'i != broda because broda is false. > (1) If na`e entails na: How to say something equivlant to na`e > but not entailing na? I see what you mean, it is extremely difficult to formulate something eliminating the extra condition. However, how often would one want to say such a thing (pragmatics as you say)? ni'oco'omi'e dn.