Re: [lojban-beginners] completeness of actions is not defined in most gismu

[".arpis." <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>]

It can mean either. It can also mean "I will grasp something" or "I
will have grasped something" or "I had been grasping something", and
that's assuming that it's obvious from context that "I" am the one
doing the grasping.

{mi ca'o jgari} means that the event you're talking about is
continuous, e.g. "I am grasping", but without an additional _tense_
tag (e.g. {ca}, {pu}, or {ba}) you don't know without context whether
the event is in the present, past, or future.

{mi mo'u jgari} means that you're talking about the end of the event
of you grasping something. Again, it is not specified whether this
event is in the present, etc.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 12:12 PM, gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
> As it's usually not defined in English words.
> Let's take {jgari}. Is it "I grasped something" or "I was continuously
> holding something"?
> Although ca'o and mo'u I don't understand their default meaning without
> extra event contours.
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