Re: [lojban] Regularization

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the explanation gejyspa.  In your second example (the one using da'i), is there any hint of "ri'a"ness in that "counter-factual"?  I think that's the heart of the matter.

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:

 Counterfactual meaning not as things are, but as they might be.  So,
for example "va'o lo nu lo snime cu carvi kei mi ma'ekla le birju"->
"I drive to the office in the snow" ("in the situation of it snowing,
I drive to the office")  "va'o da'i lo nu lo snime cu carvi kei mi
ma'ekla le birju" -> "if it snows, I will drive to the office".  ("in
the theoretical situation of it snowing, I drive to the office")
         Clearer?
              --gejyspa

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Michael Turniansky
> <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
>> But also remember, va'o doesn't work as a
>> counterfactual on its own. You must also have the da'i to mark it as
>> hypothetical.
>
> Could you elaborate a little bit? What do you mean with "counterfactual"?
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