Re: [lojban] Scope of ko

[Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net>]

On Tuesday 13 April 2004 00:34, Rob Speer wrote:
> It seems like the "personal pro-sumti" checkpoint of the BPFK should be
> fairly easy to complete, with just one exception: ko.
>
> I remember some disagreement about the scope of ko, and I'm not sure it
> was ever resolved. Does ko cross ije-connectives? If so, how do you
> connect a non-imperative statement to an imperative one?
>
> As an example of where the scope of ko really matters, compare these two
> sentences:
>
> 1. Don't sleep with her just because you want to.
> 2. Don't sleep with her, because you'll catch an STD.
>
> They require different scopes of a command. How would each one be
> expressed?

1. ko na gletu ko'a mu'ipo'o lenu do djica
2. ko gletu ko'a, mu'i lonu do cinbi'abi'o da'i kei, naku

They require different scopes of negation. You're not commanding him not to 
want to; nor are you commanding him to not catch an STD. In the first 
sentence you're commanding him to make "sleep with her just because you want 
to" false; in the second, you're commanding him to make "sleep with her" 
false, and the motive applies to the negated command.

phma
-- 
li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa