Re: [lojban] Subjunctives and worlds

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la pycyn cusku di'e

> Well, the combination with {ro} and {su'o} -- and the potential for the 
> rest
> of PA -- suggests that *something* is being talked about, even if it does 
> not
> go into details about what it is.

Yes, {mu'ei} suggests "possibilities" the same way that {roi}
suggests "occasions", but determining exactly what an occasion
is would be about as hard as determining a possibility.

> Our subjunctives use only termporal
> notions, which we already have, or events, which we already have in Lojban.

Well, let a thousand flowers bloom, I suppose. I don't really
see how the temporal method would work. To me {ba} does not
suggest a multiplicity of futures but only the one that gets
realized, so I could never get to an alternate present using
{puba}.

mu'o mi'e xorxes




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