Re: [lojban] Subjunctive?

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

From: Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Jorge Llambias wrote:


> "puba" has been translated as "was/were going to", but
> as you say it is not a good translation. I can't really
> think of any examples where composite tenses like
> puba, pupu, bapu, etc. would be useful.
> 

...

> caba'o citka = has now eaten
> puba'o citka = had eaten
> baba'o citka = will have eaten
> 
> Before these aspectuals (ca'o, ba'o, pu'o) were introduced
> to the language, these compound English tenses were translated
> by chained Lojban tenses, but doing that now that we have
> the aspectuals is not really a very good idea.


An excellent scheme. But it is an innovation upon the Book, not a
clarification of it.



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