Re: [lojban] Re: Baby Words: "you're right" and orders.

[selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de>]

la .arpis. cu cusku di'e
> Reading the BPFK definition of {e'i} here
> <http://www.lojban.org/tiki/BPFK+Section%3A+Irrealis+Attitudinals>, I
> feel like {.e'i do na broda} would translate to "You must not do
> {broda}", while {e'i ko na broda} would translate to "Don't {broda}".

I'm not sure where you get that difference from.

> If this understanding is right, then there's no problem expressing what
> gleki wants, and selpa'i is subtly wrong. If I'm wrong, could someone
> point me to an explanation of why?

It's hard to tell what the difference is between a command with {ko} and 
a command with {do}. One could go as far as to say that {ko} + {.e'o} 
results in a sort of redundancy.

In particular, is there a difference between (1) and (2), and if so, 
what is it?

(1) .i .e'o do mi sidju
    "Please help me."

(2) .i .e'o ko mi sidju
    "Please help me."

I think it is important to keep in mind that these irrealis attitudinals 
are really illocutionaries, and so it is often more useful to translate 
them as "I hereby request that you help me". The only difference I could 
imagine between (1) and (2) is that there might be a slight additional 
focus on the {ko} in (2), probably because -- when refactored -- the 
{ko'oi} attaches to the {do} as opposed to the whole utterance.

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i


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