Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:16:05 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711121816.NAA11659@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Organization: Lojban Peripheral Subject: Events & sisku [was: le/lo] X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 707 X-From-Space-Date: Wed Nov 12 13:16:14 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU la xorxes. cusku di'e > Yes, perhaps that would be clearer, although I think it would > be too restrictive to say that nu could only refer to events that > actually happen. Indeed. Events don't have to happen, although it has to be *logically possible* for them to happen, I think; there is no "lo nu li re su'i re du li mu". > I wouldn't know how I would say "I'm looking for my hat" > with the new definition, if I wore one. mi sisku le ka [ce'u] du le mapku po mi I look-for-thing-with-property the property-of being the hat belonging-to me. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban