[lojban] Re: le gusta co minde mutce

["Elias Friedman" <skierb27@gmail.com>]

"To buy butter, I go to the market" and "I go to the market to buy butter" are fully synonymous.  The order of "to buy butter" and "I go to the market" has no effect on the sentence's meaning.

A motive is a reason for someone to do something.  "To buy butter" is not a motive, as it is not a reason; it is only the "to do something".

"I am willing to buy butter" is not an intention; it is a personal condition.  An intention would be "I intend to buy butter".

An intention cannot motivate an action, as an intention is not a reason for someone to do something; it is an intent to do something.

"I will buy butter" is under no circumstances by itself a motive, as such an action is not a reason for someone to do something.