Re: [lojban] {.au}/{djica}={.ai}/{?}. No gismu for intention

[Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com>]

> .a'o la djan pu tolcri lo jaspu be dy
> "Hopefully, John found his passport."

Can't this also be viewed as "There's hope! John found his passport."
If not, how would I express that?

>
> la'a la djan pu tolcri lo jaspu be dy
> "Probably, John found his passport."
>
> da'i la djan pu tolcri lo jaspu be dy
> "Let's assume John found his passport."
>
> xu la djan pu tolcri lo jaspu be dy
> "Did John find his passport."
>
> Those are not claims that John did find his passport. The speaker
> doesn't know whether he did or not, that's why an irrealis marker is
> used.
>
>> Emotions are NOT "logical", nor truth-functional.  Most people probably
>> prefer it that way, even if it makes them sometimes seem a bit delusional.
>> So long as we can clearly distinguish between the claim and the emotional
>> expression, this causes no problem in communication.
>
> It should be pointed out that most UIs are not used for emotional
> expression, although some of them can probably be turned into
> expressions of emotion by adding "ro'i".
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes
>
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