Subject: Re: [lojban] translation exercise

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 23:29:15 -0400 (EDT)

Invent Yourself scripsit:

> pu'o means there is every reasonable indication that the event is going to
> occur, but since it is in the future, we cannot be certain. If what you
> said is true, it means that pu'o could never be used as a current tense
> (mi pu'o plipe), but could only be used after the fact (mi pu pu'o plipe).

No, it would mean that if you said "mi pu'o plipe" and didn't jump after
all, you would have spoken falsely.

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