[lojban-beginners] Re: Subjunctive in Lojban

["gvprtskvni (\"you peel us\")" <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

Alex Joseph Martini wrote:
> What is the way to exspress the equivalent of the subjunctive mood in
> lojban? In American English, this would be the difference between {I
> insist that Joe goes to class} and {I insist that Joe go to class}.
> The first one is declarative and says that it's true, the second just
> says that I *want* it to be true. I think the British English version
> of the second sentence is {I insist that Joe should go to class}.
>
> The distinction is pretty slight in English, so it tends to be
> supplemented with other words around it. In all honesty, I didn't even
> know that the subjunctive existed until I studied it in Spanish.
>
> Is there a way to make this distinction in lojban?

Unless this has been changed by the BPFK, the CLL shows there are 2
types of UI. One modifies the truth value of the bridi, essentially
making it hypothetical. And the other maintains the truth value and
expresses an emotion about it. I believe that .a'o (hope) is in the
former class.