Re: TECH: RE: do djica loi ckafi je'i tcati

[Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>]

mi cusku di'e

> > Since it would be very simple to allow BAIs to work like that (they're
> > already allowed in forethought form, so why not in afterthought also?),
> > I don't see any reason not to.
>
> > At least {mau}, {me'a}, {du'i}, {li'e}, {pa'a}, {fa'e}, {ba'i} and
> > {do'e} can be given good use in this function.

i di'e la'edi'u pinka la i,n

> This appears to be off into hyperspace.  I hope I'm misunderstanding you.  :-)

Let me explain. The problem is that the subject shifted a bit from the
original question.

I wanted to say "I need the box or the bag (I don't care which)".

(I'm changing from "a" to "the" so as not to confuse with the other issue.
This time it's about a specific box and a specific bag.)

{mi nitcu le tanxe .a le dakli} is wrong, because if I need the box, but
not the bag, the sentence is true. In fact, I'm not claiming anything
about "I need the box" or "I need the bag" separately, so I can't use
logical connectives that by definition can be split into two sentences.

My proposed solution was to say {mi nitcu du'igi le tanxe gi le dakli},
and I wanted to be able to say the same thing using afterthought mode
instead of forethought: *{mi nitcu le tanxe du'ibo le dakli}

The other BAIs that I listed too can be useful as connectives.

Jorge