Re: [lojban] Is there any real diffrence between hope (.a'o) and desire (.au)?

[".djo,is." <joey.kl@mac.com>]

On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:05:11 AM UTC-7, xorxes wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 1:30 AM, .djo,is. <joe...@mac.com> wrote:
> > It isn't apparent to me. If you desire something, don't you hope it will be
> > true? The difference makes more sense in between pacna and djica, but why do
> > we need two attitudinals?
> >
> > If there is a difference, is there an example where you might say ".a'o
> > .aunai broda" (or something similar)?
>
> You can only hope for something that you don't know for sure to be
> true or false. For example, if you didn't go to the market you can
> wish you had gone, but you can't hope you had gone. If I didn't go,
> you can hope I did if you don't know whether I did or not. If you do
> know that I did, you may be happy I did, or you may wish I hadn't, but
> hope is out of the question.
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes

 

 That makes sense. Still, the attitudinals seem poorly organized.

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