[lojban] Re: as far as I know

["Adam D. Lopresto" <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Pierre Abbat wrote:

> du'onai lo mi nalterju'o

Doesn't seem quite right.  {du'o} corresponds to the x1 of {djuno}, so it's
the person who knows.  (Yes, this is a little confusing in the ma'oste, but
even there it's pretty clear it's a person.  The byfy has standardized it to
"known by".)  {te du'o nai} might work.  But I'd probably use something like

se du'o no natfe

"Knowing of nothing that contradicts" seems pretty close to "as far as I
know".

> 
> How does that sound? "As far as I know" doesn't mean that I actually know, 
> which {du'o mi} would indicate; rather it means that there's something I 
> don't know which may not support the assertion.
> 
> As far as I know he's in Argentina.
> du'onai lo mi nalterju'o sy. zvati la gentygug.
> 
> He told me he would go there. He may be there, or he may have gotten stuck in 
> Mexico for douanic reasons.
> 
> Pierre
> 
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