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[lojban-beginners] Re: tense/modal connective



On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Sunday 20 April 2008 11:37, Vid Sintef wrote:
> > Can a pair of tenses/modals be connected in this way:
> >
> > mi le gusta vizo'a .enai mo'ine'i klama
>
> vizo'a jenai mo'ine'i ma? Do you mean "I went by the restaurant but didn't go
> in", or "I passed by it, but didn't go in, on the way to the restaurant"?

Does {mo'i ne'i} require actually going in, or just movement inwards?
It would seem that {zo'a} excludes {mo'i ne'i} anyway, as they are
incompatible directions.

mu'o mi'e xorxes