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Re: [lojban-beginners] [some kind of] conditionals



http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+Discursives
CLL, chapter 13, section 12.5-12.6
  --gy

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting.  Is there any learning material that brings it up in any
> detail?
>
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I'm sure there's a more precise linguistic term, but I don't know it.
>> >
>> > How do you express sentiments like "I *would* go to the store, but I'm
>> > tired" (so I won't), possibly even omitting the secondary clause and
>> > leaving
>> > the reason to be inferred.
>> >
>> > In a similar vein, how would you express "If I were rich, I'd be happy."
>> > (English subjunctive mood?)
>> >
>> > Actually, If there's a good reference on conditionals, subjunctives, and
>> > counterfactual statements as they apply to lojban, please point me in
>> > that
>> > direction.
>> >
>> > --
>> >           Alex R
>> >
>> > --
>>
>>  Limited though it is, the "da'i" is the marker for subjunctgive, and
>> counterfactuals.
>> "va'o da'i lo za'i mi ricfu kei mi gleki"
>>         --gejyspa
>>
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