Re: [lojban] Robin retry: commands.

[la gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>]

On Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:25:19 AM UTC+4, Robin Powell wrote:
> On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 10:23:51PM +0200, selpa'i wrote:
> > la .camgusmis. cu cusku di'e
> > >I think {le'o} and {ga'i} between them do what I want, depending
> > >on situation.
> > 
> > This would seem to imply that all commands are either expressed
> > aggressively or with hauteur, which I personally find doubtful.
> > There is a certain force behind a command, but the nature of that
> > force needn't correspond to one of those two, in my opinion.
> > 
> > Has {.e'i} fallen out of favor with you again?
>
> Eeeeenh?  Having noticed {le'o}, I simply acknowledged that that was
> what I really wanted, in terms of emotional content.  I'm on the
> fence about {.e'i} (which never stopped being true).

Don't you feel the difference between

I should = mi te javni => .ei

and

I have to = mi bilga => .e'i

???? 

> -Robin

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