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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:15:26 -0700
From: William Tanksley <wtanksle@dolphin.openprojects.net>
Subject: Re: "is"?
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On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 11:54:17PM +0300, Danushile wrote:
> How would I say, "This is the future"? I'd guess ti <something> le
> balvi. What's that something? It should mean, basically, "to be".

I don't know Lojban that well -- but "ti" doesn't work, because it's only
used to refer to things to which you can point.

I think you'll need to clarify your meaning in order to get it correctly
translated.  Do you mean that (for example) you were conversing with a
person who claimed that some technology wouldn't be developed until the
future, to which you replied that since the technology was already
developed, "this is the future?"

Or do you mean "this thing is futuristic," in which case "ti" might
plausibly work?

-- 
-William "Billy" Tanksley