At 03:17 PM 06/14/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> But plausibly it can mean "I am happy now" about a situation (bridi) that I > am presently considering which is not a present reality, which > pragmatically often means "I would be happy if". Am I to understand that ".ui mi klama" can mean "I am going, and I am happy about it", and ALSO mean "I would be happy if I went, not asserting that I am going"?
Given some contexts, it might. I might be describing a dream, or telling a story, or the next sentence might start .ijanai or something else that removes assertiveness.
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