I'm probably missing a subtlety here, but what is the distinction between, "x1 is hypothetically a cone," and "x1 is a hypothetical cone"? I accept that I'm missing /something/...
On Friday, June 13, 2014 9:03:49 AM UTC-4, la gleki wrote:
2014-06-13 16:41 GMT+04:00
<len.b...@gmail.com>:
I would consider that to be more or less the ideal definition for {konju}. You can add an x4 to specify the material, but in that case it would create ambiguity whether we're talking about the mathematical abstraction of "cone," or simply a conical object. I guess we could say {konju da'i} for an abstract cone and {konju da'inai} for a conical object? I'm reaching here.
{da'i} is about hypothetical situations.
{lo konju poi marji lo mudri} - a wooden cone.