From sentto-44114-1827-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Sat Jan 22 21:01:35 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 7730 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2000 21:01:34 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 22 Jan 2000 21:01:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 12991 invoked by uid 40001); 22 Jan 2000 21:03:01 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 12988 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2000 21:03:00 -0000 Received: from ej.egroups.com (208.48.218.19) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 22 Jan 2000 21:03:00 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-1827-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.38] by ej.egroups.com with NNFMP; 22 Jan 2000 21:02:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 30296 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2000 21:02:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by 10.1.10.38 with QMQP; 22 Jan 2000 21:02:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO eeyore.cc.uic.edu) (128.248.171.51) by 10.1.10.27 with SMTP; 22 Jan 2000 21:02:47 -0000 Received: from [128.248.250.241] (mac0.uicomp.uic.edu [128.248.250.241]) by eeyore.cc.uic.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA03229 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:00:02 -0600 (CST) X-Sender: sbelknap@mailserv.uic.edu Message-Id: To: lojban@onelist.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@onelist.com; contact lojban-owner@onelist.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@onelist.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:02:21 -0600 From: Steven Belknap Subject: [lojban] subjunctive Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Steven Belknap > >How does one express the subjunctive mood in Lojban? Or does one >not do so? >What you want for your example is pupu'o: > > mi pupu'o klama le zarci > I was about to go to the store. > >There is no implication here that the going eventually took place. >Back to the subjunctive: > > >Another example, how would I say "If I had a million dollars, I'd > >be rich." in Lojban? >What we want to say is something more like: > >va'oda'i le nu mi ponse lo megdo be lo'e rupnu kei mi ricfu >"Under the hypothetical conditions that I have (would have) >a million dollars, I am (would be) rich." > >That's how I see it anyway. > >co'o mi'e xorxes mi pupu'o klama le zarci gi'e na pu klama le zarci co'o mi'e stivn Steven Belknap, M.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Medicine University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Get great offers on top-notch products that match your interests! Sign up for eLerts at: Click Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com