[lojban] Re: Japanese has no subjunctive??

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 04:55:48PM -0400, Craig wrote:
> >>>     My wife reports that subjunctive grammar, e.g. if I had studied,
> >>>     I would have done better on the test, are very difficult, since
> >>>     none of this grammar is found in Japanese.
> >>>
> >>> If this is true, and I find it unlikely, how do the Japanese talk
> >>> about subjunctives?  Or do they simply (and I find this
> >>> unimaginable) not do so?
> 
> >>Context is all.  See the Chinese example in
> >>the Red Book, Chapter 13, examples 12.5 to 12.7
> >>(http://www.lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter13.html#e12d5
> )
> 
> How very odd. I had some text here that didn't go through.
> 
> Here it is again:

This is the second time I've seen it.

-Robin

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