Re: Fwd: [lojban] Subjunctive?

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

From: Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>

On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Jorge Llambias wrote:

> From: "Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>
> 
> (2) ganai mi ponse lo megdo rupnu gi mi pindi
>     "Either I don't have a million dollars, or I am poor."
> 
> That is also true. I don't have a million dollars, so
> no matter what I put as the second term the sentence
> will be true.


It's not true in the general case; it does not fit TFTT, as a conditional
should, because in reality, millionaires are not called poor. 

Specifically:

A:"I am a millionaire"  B:"I am poor"   A-->B  (is A-->B really)   

         T                   T            T          F
         T                   F            F          T





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