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[lojban] Is it a lie?



da'i tu'e
One of my kids says "you're a <expletive>" to one of the neighborhood kids and I am now questioning him.

He says "mi na cusku lu do <expletive> li'u" thinking to himself "mi na cusku ra la .barak obama. .u'ise'i"
tu'u

So my question is, can an unsaid "zo'e" cause the bridi to be true OR false depending on what the context suggests of the zo'e?  Clearly the kid is being dishonest but is he /lieing/?

It kind of reminds me of arguments I would have with my sister that went like "but you said that you would take out the trash if I walked the dog.  -yeah, but I didn't say when"

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