"Until proven otherwise"

[suke...@gmail.com]

I try to find a translation of this expression. What do you think about "denpa lo nu naljetyja'o"?

la .sykyndyr.

[Michael Turniansky]

  That implies you are actually waiting until there is a contradictor.  I might simply say se cau lo natfe

        --gejyspa 

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:18 AM, <suke...@gmail.com> wrote:

I try to find a translation of this expression. What do you think about "denpa lo nu naljetyja'o"?

la .sykyndyr.

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[suke...@gmail.com]

Much shorter, thanks! ... even if "waiting for a contradictor" is not that far away from what we generally express :-)

Can I say "lo nafte [ku] cau"?

Le jeudi 9 novembre 2017 14:49:27 UTC+1, Michael Turniansky a écrit :

  That implies you are actually waiting until there is a contradictor.  I might simply say se cau lo natfe

        --gejyspa 

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:18 AM, <suke...@gmail.com> wrote:

I try to find a translation of this expression. What do you think about "denpa lo nu naljetyja'o"?

la .sykyndyr.

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On 09.11.2017 07:18, suke...@gmail.com wrote:
> I try to find a translation of this expression. What do you think about
> "denpa lo nu naljetyja'o"?

I would go with {ze'a lo nu no da [ba'o] naljetyja'o} "for as long as
nobody disproves/has disproven) [it]" [1].

Another option is {co'u lo nu su'o da naljetyja'o} "until someone
disproves [it]".

~~~mi'e la solpa'i


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[1]: Not a fan of {jetyja'o}, but I believe the point here is the
"until", so I ignored that issue.

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[Michael Turniansky]

No.  (Well, I mean, you can have those string of words in a sentence, but it doesn't mean what you think it means ;-) ) BAI (what are confusingly called "modals" in English) are always pre-positional.  That is, they must come before the sumti that fills their slot.  (unless, of course, modern lojbanists have changed the rules on this.  But this is CLL lojban)

             --gejyspa

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[suke...@gmail.com]

I'm still a bit confused by modals. I think I'll re-read the CLL :)

Thanks you two for proposals. I prefer the "se cau lo natfe" for its brevity, but others are interesting for "until" constructions.

la .sykyndyr.