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Re: [lojban] A or B depending on C
la cmeclax cusku di'e
I need to say that the time zone depends on the season. I thought of {tcika
fo
la merko stuna manri .onai la merko stuna donri va'o le citsi}, but is
there a
better way? or should I say {tcika fo la merko stuna crisa .onai la merko
stuna
dunra}?
Interesting (and difficult) question!
I don't understand the manri/donri contrast, but that's not
really the issue. How do we say A or B depending on C?
{... onai ... va'o ...} does not work, because that expands to
{ ... va'o ... ijonai ... va'o ...}, which is not what we want.
The best I can come up with is trying to make a lujvo
with that structure: either x1 happens or x2 happens depending
on x3.
Unfortunately {kanxe} and {vlina}, instead of being a
conjunction and a disjunction mean "is a conjunction"
and "is a disjunction", something much less useful.
Let's see, jetnu means "x1 is true", how do we get
"x1 is true and x2 is true"? Maybe:
jevje'u: x1 is true and x2 is true in epistemology x3.
javje'u: x1 is true or x2 is true (or both) in epistemology x3.
jovnarje'u: Either x1 is true or x2 is true (not both) in epist. x3.
And similarly:
jevyfau: x1 happens and x2 happens.
javyfau: x1 happens or x2 happens (or both).
jovnarfau: either x1 or x2 happen (not both).
Now we need to add the "depending on C" part. Maybe:
vabjovnarfau: either x1 happens or x2 happens, depending on
conditions x3.
Maybe not.
co'o mi'e xorxes
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