Re: [lojban-beginners] difference between pu'o and ba

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've read the CLL chapter on tenses at least 3 times by now and the interval
> contours still don't make intuitive sense to me.  Could somebody explain the
> difference between {mi ba citka lo plise} and {mi pu'o citka lo plise}?

"mi ba citka lo plise" is a statement about the future, It describes a
relationship between you and the apple that will take place in the
future. "mi [ca] pu'o citka lo plise" is a statement about the
present. It describes the present relationship that exists between you
and the apple.

In particular, "mi ba citka lo plise" is false if you don't eat the
apple in the future, whereas "mi pu'o citka lo plise" may still be
true if you are about to eat it but for whatever reason you end up not
eating it.

> I'm less fuzzy about the point contours like mo'u, co'a, co'i, etc... but
> pu'o, ca'o, and ba'o still don't seem very different from regular ba, ca,
> and pu respectively.

"ba", "ca" and "pu" are tenses, they tell you when some relationship
takes place. "pu'o", "ca'o" and "ba'o" are aspects, they tell you
which part of an event you are describing: the setup, the thick of it,
or its aftermath.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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