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RE: [lojban] 1st Person Imperative

la kreig cusku di'e

> I object because the meaining is not the "please do this" conveyed by an
> imperative in natlangs but a statement that it is (or, in this case, ca'a
> would not be default, so it could be) the case, coupled with a feeling of
> pleading.

Consider:

   e'u mi'o ca'a citka

To me this is a suggestion that we actually eat. To you it is a
statement that we are actually eating (or will actually eat) coupled
with a feeling of suggestion, (which I'm not sure how it would feel).

This will have to be clarified by the BPFK, I suppose.

mu'o mi'e xorxes




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