Re: [lojban] Re: xu dai

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:45 PM, John E Clifford <kali9putra@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  What would be the parallel in asking a question?  Apparently,
> having a sense that another person wants to ask a question so asking it for
> them.  It is my question. even if I don't care about the answer and someone else
> does. just as it is my feeling, even if it reflects someone else's emotions,  I
> don't find the "just as" at all plausible and, even if it were, what could be
> the point of marking this -- except, perhaps to disassociate yourself from the
> question, an occasionally useful ploy.

In English you obtain roughly the same effect by tagging your question
with "I hear you ask", which is usually not literal hearing.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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