hope [was: Re: [lojban] Re: attitudinals

["michael helsem" <graywyvern@hotmail.com>]

> From: pycyn@aol.com
   li'o
> The one
> exception so far noted is the case of {a'o}, which is generally taken to be 
> a
> projection of a hope for the fulfillment of the mentioned state of affairs
> (whose occurrence is not yet settled in the mind of speaker).

useful summary.
suppose we keep .A'O for the untranslatable-but-consistent-with-
other-attitudinals usage, & use PACNA when we are thinking in
English, "hope that..." ?



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