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

[Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com>]

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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