From jjllambias@hotmail.com Thu Jun 14 17:09:48 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 15 Jun 2001 00:09:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 74224 invoked from network); 15 Jun 2001 00:09:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 15 Jun 2001 00:09:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.173) by mta1 with SMTP; 15 Jun 2001 00:09:47 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:09:47 -0700 Received: from 200.41.247.35 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:09:47 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.41.247.35] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: RE: [lojban] An approach to attitudinals Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 00:09:47 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Jun 2001 00:09:47.0907 (UTC) FILETIME=[7D31FD30:01C0F52F] From: "Jorge Llambias" la lojbab cusku di'e >But plausibly it can mean "I am happy now" about a situation (bridi) that I >am presently considering which is not a present reality, which >pragmatically often means "I would be happy if". No, "I would be happy if" is very different from "I am happy that it could be so". Only the second one can be handled with {ui}. Would-be happiness has to be {a'o} or {au}. >If you are finding it useful, I guess it is useful, as your usage often >sets trends for others. Your comments above are closer to my thinking than >post others who have posted, which seems to be a rare situation. I will >revel in it %^). Or maybe you just misunderstood what I was saying. :) mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.