Re: [lojban] dictionary - which words?

[Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 02:49 PM 9/1/02 +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> Is the use of the word "modal" instead of "preposition" purely
> a Lojban thing? I think the usual (non-Lojban) sense of "modal"
> has more to do with what some UIs do. The only Lojban modals
> that might be standard modals are {ka'e} and {ca'a}, right?

The reason for using "modal" is that they are used in parallel with tense 
constructs modifying the predication.  Why THOSE are called modals is a 
question for a linguist to answer.


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