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Jacob Errington
May 13, 2012, 10:48:57 PM5/13/12
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coi rodo
In #lojban today, I felt like saying "I almost wrote 'lo' instead of
'un' in a French paper I'm writing." I can't figure out how I'd get at
that meaning of "almost."
Any help?
mu'o mi'e la tsani
In #lojban today, I felt like saying "I almost wrote 'lo' instead of
'un' in a French paper I'm writing." I can't figure out how I'd get at
that meaning of "almost."
Any help?
mu'o mi'e la tsani
la .lindar.
May 14, 2012, 12:39:54 AM5/14/12
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pu'o jenai ca'a
?
perhaps?
selpa'i
May 14, 2012, 6:14:07 AM5/14/12
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mu'o mi'e la selpa'i
--
.i da xamgu ganse fi no na'ebo lo risna
.i lo vajrai cu nonselji'u lo kanla
Jacob Errington
May 14, 2012, 6:55:23 AM5/14/12
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Hmmm, interesting ideas.
I had tried to make a lujvo for mistake-write, but it couldn't be too
clear whether the x2 was the word that was supposed to be written, or
the word that was written instead. Something like [sreci'a].
>pu'o jenai ca'a
That's pretty clever, but I have a small problem about the future in
Lojban. Assuming everything one says is true in Lojban, then claims
about the future must be true, which can be pretty difficult to do
because -- well -- the future is unknown.
Due to the unpredictable nature of the future (compared to the past
which is a collection of true or false or in between statements) maybe
all statements involving a future tense are somewhat already tensed
with a "in one or more worlds, possibly excluding this one" i.e.
[ka'e] under my interpretation of CAhA. Hm, I wonder if one of the
other CAhA has the interpretation "in one or more worlds, strictly
excluding this one" (where "this one" is "the world of dei"). Maybe
{nu'o}?
[i puku mi pu'onu'o jenai ca'a ciska ba'igi zo lo gi zoi fy un fy]
mu'o mi'e la tsani
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I had tried to make a lujvo for mistake-write, but it couldn't be too
clear whether the x2 was the word that was supposed to be written, or
the word that was written instead. Something like [sreci'a].
>pu'o jenai ca'a
Lojban. Assuming everything one says is true in Lojban, then claims
about the future must be true, which can be pretty difficult to do
because -- well -- the future is unknown.
Due to the unpredictable nature of the future (compared to the past
which is a collection of true or false or in between statements) maybe
all statements involving a future tense are somewhat already tensed
with a "in one or more worlds, possibly excluding this one" i.e.
[ka'e] under my interpretation of CAhA. Hm, I wonder if one of the
other CAhA has the interpretation "in one or more worlds, strictly
excluding this one" (where "this one" is "the world of dei"). Maybe
{nu'o}?
[i puku mi pu'onu'o jenai ca'a ciska ba'igi zo lo gi zoi fy un fy]
mu'o mi'e la tsani
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selpa'i
May 14, 2012, 7:04:50 AM5/14/12
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Am 14.05.2012 12:55, schrieb Jacob Errington:
> Due to the unpredictable nature of the future (compared to the past
> which is a collection of true or false or in between statements) maybe
> all statements involving a future tense are somewhat already tensed
> with a "in one or more worlds, possibly excluding this one" i.e.
> [ka'e] under my interpretation of CAhA. Hm, I wonder if one of the
> other CAhA has the interpretation "in one or more worlds, strictly
> excluding this one" (where "this one" is "the world of dei"). Maybe
> {nu'o}?
Yes, {nu'o} is {su'o mu'ei} excluding the world of dei.
> Due to the unpredictable nature of the future (compared to the past
> which is a collection of true or false or in between statements) maybe
> all statements involving a future tense are somewhat already tensed
> with a "in one or more worlds, possibly excluding this one" i.e.
> [ka'e] under my interpretation of CAhA. Hm, I wonder if one of the
> other CAhA has the interpretation "in one or more worlds, strictly
> excluding this one" (where "this one" is "the world of dei"). Maybe
> {nu'o}?
Jonathan Jones
May 14, 2012, 7:42:54 AM5/14/12
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On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:55 AM, Jacob Errington <nict...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hmmm, interesting ideas.
I had tried to make a lujvo for mistake-write, but it couldn't be too
clear whether the x2 was the word that was supposed to be written, or
the word that was written instead. Something like [sreci'a].
That's pretty clever, but I have a small problem about the future in
>pu'o jenai ca'a
Lojban. Assuming everything one says is true in Lojban, then claims
about the future must be true, which can be pretty difficult to do
because -- well -- the future is unknown.
Things don't /have/ to be truth. I don't know where that misconception comes from. It is not a requirement that everything one says in Lojban be completely true or factual.
mi ninmu
Oh wait, no I'm not.
--
mu'o mi'e .aionys.
.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )
Sajesh
May 14, 2012, 7:00:53 AM5/14/12
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Am 14.05.2012 12:55, schrieb Jacob Errington:
> Tht the future must be true, which can be pretty difficult to do
> because -- well -- the future is unknown.
>
> Due to the unpredictable nature of the future (compared to the past
> which is a collection of true or false or in between statements) maybe
> all statements involving a future tense are somewhat already tensed
> with a "in one or more worlds, possibly excluding this one" i.e.
> [ka'e] under my interpretation of CAhA. Hm, I wonder if one of the
> other CAhA has the interpretation "in one or more worlds, strictly
> excluding this one" (where "this one" is "the world of dei"). Maybe
> {nu'o}?
>
> Due to the unpredictable nature of the future (compared to the past
> which is a collection of true or false or in between statements) maybe
> all statements involving a future tense are somewhat already tensed
> with a "in one or more worlds, possibly excluding this one" i.e.
> [ka'e] under my interpretation of CAhA. Hm, I wonder if one of the
> other CAhA has the interpretation "in one or more worlds, strictly
> excluding this one" (where "this one" is "the world of dei"). Maybe
> {nu'o}?
Yes, {nu'o} is {su'o mu'ei} excluding the world of dei.
la .lindar.
May 14, 2012, 11:55:49 AM5/14/12
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I change my answer.
pu pu'o jenai co'a
"...was about to, but didn't..."
"...almost..."
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