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Re: Summary of summaries on DJUNO
- To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
- Subject: Re: Summary of summaries on DJUNO
- From: Goran Topic <amadan@USA.NET>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 14:44:59 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Free Minds Discorporated
- Reply-to: Goran Topic <amadan@USA.NET>
- Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET>
> As for claiming that an English sentence such as the following is
> wrong:
>
> Alice does not like Bill, but Bill knows she does.
li'o
> *Both* are correct in the appropriate circumstances, such as
>
> Alice's mental state has been manipulated by outside forces.
> Consequently, Alice does not like Bill, but Bill knows she does.
.i la .elis. ca na nelci la bil.
^^
.iku'i la bil. cu djuno ledu'u
la .elis na'o nelci by.
^^^^
gi'e ca se menga'i fi lo ca na nelci by.
There's no contradiction. lojban tenses, as many other things, are
optional. This works under either interpretation of djuno.
co'o mi'e. goran.