On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 06:07, Lindar
<lindarthebard@yahoo.com> wrote:
I think I've figured out what I mean.
{.ai} should be "intentionally", not "I intend to..." like an
evidential.
{.a'o} should be "hopefully", not "I hope..." like an evidential.
...
This proposal, to me, seems like it would
satisfy everybody involved. I feel very strongly about this, and would
greatly appreciate constructive feedback.
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Does this proposal speak to Luke's original question about a briefer way of expressing/asking about other's sentiments? I'm really hoping to hear something more after the { .aipei do zukte ma } suggestion stalled. This has been one perennial dissatisfaction for me as well.
Would such "evidential UI" have special usage such that they can take a pro-sumti argument and express this things, but defaulting to the speaker?
(all glosses are just possible senses; there's certainly no explicit "ba")
{ .a'o do dansu } Hopefully you'll dance.
{ .a'oi do dansu } I hope you'll dance.
{ ti .a'oi do dansu } This guy hopes you'll dance.
{ do .a'oi mo } What are you hoping [for/to do/to see]?
{ .a'oi mi mei ti } I'm a pirate.
I'm guessing that in this proposal {.au'i } becomes "I want ..." which might answer the original question:
{ do mo } "Whatcha up to?"
{ do .au'i ma } "Whatcha want?"
{ do .au'i mo } "Whatcha wanna do?"
...This is all very not lojban. I look forward to being told this is all crazy. All I'm saying is that "brevity is the soul of language."