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[lojban-beginners] Attitudinal use (was: Subjunctive in Lojban)
Le 17 Feb, à 10:47, Jorge Llambías ecrivit :
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> I might say {mi pu xusra lo du'u .ei la djan klama le zarci} for
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> .ei la djan klama le zarci
> John should go to the market.
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Could we use attitudinals that way ?
I thought attitudinals reflect the *speaker* feelings, not x1's feelings.
eg:
{.ui la djan klama}
means "[i am happy :] john is coming"
not "john is [happily] coming"
IMHO, in {.ei la djan klama le zarci}, {.ei} doesn't pertain to john, not the
speaker. Am I completly wrong ?
mi'e jol