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Re: [lojban] translation challenge: "If today is Monday..."



On Monday 15 October 2001 09:37, And Rosta wrote:
> We can ditch the deictics, though. If they're a redherring:
>
> A. "If Jorge had been born in Warsaw, he'd be a British citizen"
> = false
>
> B. "Jorge is british or not born in Warsaw"
> = true
>
> C. we could change A to:
> "Everyone is british or not born in Warsaw"
> = false

D. If Jorge was born in Warsaw, he is a British citizen.
true, and equivalent to B.

So the problem is to express A, as opposed to D.

ganai la xorxes jbena fo la varcavas gi xy brito selgugycmi
.i ganai da'i la xorxes jbena fo la varcavas gi xy brito selgugycmi

Is that enough, or should there be another da'i, or should the da'i be 
elsewhere?

phma