From rob@twcny.rr.com Thu May 24 12:18:33 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rob@twcny.rr.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 24 May 2001 19:18:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 96113 invoked from network); 24 May 2001 19:17:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 24 May 2001 19:17:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com) (24.92.226.81) by mta1 with SMTP; 24 May 2001 19:17:16 -0000 Received: from mail1.twcny.rr.com (mail1-1 [24.92.226.139]) by mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.2/RoadRunner 1.03) with ESMTP id f4OJFY007649 for ; Thu, 24 May 2001 15:15:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from riff ([24.95.175.101]) by mail1.twcny.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Thu, 24 May 2001 15:15:34 -0400 Received: from rob by riff with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 1530Z0-0000DC-00 for ; Thu, 24 May 2001 15:14:26 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 15:14:26 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Lessons Message-ID: <20010524151426.D630@twcny.rr.com> Reply-To: rob@twcny.rr.com References: <20010524111800.T17618@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: ; from xod@sixgirls.org on Thu, May 24, 2001 at 02:43:12PM -0400 X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com From: Rob Speer On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 02:43:12PM -0400, Invent Yourself wrote: > No! I had no idea anybody was yet unconvinced! Please, go back and search > for "subjunctive" in the archives, and get convinced. There are very clear > arguments in there. One more reply - toward the end of the "Subjunctive" thread, Jorge comes to this conclusion, which is indeed clear but it _supports_ the idea that ganai...gi means if...then. Jorge said: << Some examples: ganai do mi prami gi ko mi cinba "If you love me, then give me a kiss." ganai ti solji gi ri mutce se vamji "If this is made of gold, then it is very valuable." ganai ti solji gi mi ba citka le mi mapku "If this is made of gold, then I will eat my hat." ganai do mutce gunka gi do ba tatpi "If you work hard, then you will be tired." >> -- Rob Speer