From xod@sixgirls.org Wed Jan 26 21:29:15 2000 X-Digest-Num: 345 Message-ID: <44114.345.1857.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:29:15 -0500 (EST) From: Invent Yourself Subject: Subjunctive! X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 1857 Issue 1: I think the problem is the glossing of TFTT as "if, then". If this does not really correlate to the English meaning, why is it taught that way? Issue 2: If the proper way to express the millionaire concept is by va'o, what actual use does ganai, gi have? ----- Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back." -- John Maynard Keynes