From sentto-44114-4466-970276760-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Sat Sep 30 01:18:39 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 16986 invoked from network); 30 Sep 2000 01:18:37 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 30 Sep 2000 01:18:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 2194 invoked by uid 40001); 30 Sep 2000 01:19:24 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 2191 invoked from network); 30 Sep 2000 01:19:24 -0000 Received: from ei.egroups.com (208.50.99.235) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 30 Sep 2000 01:19:24 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-4466-970276760-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.36] by ei.egroups.com with NNFMP; 30 Sep 2000 01:19:22 -0000 X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@egroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-6_0_3); 30 Sep 2000 01:19:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 10791 invoked from network); 30 Sep 2000 01:19:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 30 Sep 2000 01:19:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-1.cais.net) (205.252.14.71) by mta1 with SMTP; 30 Sep 2000 01:19:18 -0000 Received: from bob (dynamic249.cl8.cais.net [205.177.20.249]) by stmpy-1.cais.net (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e8U1JHT20921 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 21:19:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lojbab@lojban.org) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000929211350.00af48b0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 To: lojban@egroups.com In-Reply-To: <12.2eb9816.27069470@aol.com> From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@egroups.com; contact lojban-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 21:15:23 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] symmetrie of tenses Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At 08:57 PM 09/29/2000 -0400, pycyn@aol.com wrote: >There are some important non-symmetrical features in the tense system -- in >Lojban as in the world ;(). >For example, the inchoative need not be followed by the event abuilding, >while the perfective must be preceded by the event fading out. Something >could prevent even the most verged on impending ... event, prevent it from >happening at even the last moment. But only an event that happens has a >perfective aspect. Is this necessarily true? There would be be a nuclear winter in the aftermath of WW III, sounds like it would be expressed with a perfective, but luckily it is not an event which has actually happened. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> TranslationZone.com - The Source for Professional Translators. We offer TRADOS Freelance Edition 3 at the low price of $695 when you publish your profile at TranslationZone.com. http://click.egroups.com/1/9538/4/_/17627/_/970276760/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com