RE: [lojban] An approach to attitudinals

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la kreig cusku di'e

> Uh... since when is <xu> an attitudinal?

It is a member of selmaho UI. That is what I understand as
"attitudinal".

> It's not even in the same chapter of the reference grammar. It serves a
> completely different purpose from attitudinals.

Not really all that different. Like many other UIs, it changes
the use of a proposition from an assertion to something else:
question, request, intention, wish, etc. None of those are
assertions.

> Asking whether something is
> true does not imply any opinion on the subject.

No, it doesn't. Just that you want to know whether it is true.

> Saying you hope it is
> implies that you would be pleased to learn it was true.

Yes.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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