[lojban] Re: Imperative connectives
John Cowan
> By way of clarification, I wish to add:
>
> > <para>So <foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">ko
> > sisti .inaja mi ceclygau</foreignphrase> would seem to mean
> > <quote>Stop or I'll
> > shoot</quote>, but actually means <quote>bring about a situation
> > whereby,
> > if you don't stop, I'll shoot</quote> — not quite the same
> > thing. The sense
> > of <quote>stop or I'll shoot</quote> is properly conveyed by the
> > phrase <foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">.i lenu do na sisti .e'u cu
> > rinka lenu mi
> > ceclygau</foreignphrase> — similar to what we saw above.</para>
>
> Is this a misunderstanding? And if so, what *is* the Lojban for "Stop
> or I'll shoot"?
1) I think the idea of this addition is a good one.
2) The use of "rinka" suggests to me that the addressee is running while
holding (or attached to) a rope that is tied to the trigger, but that's
easily fixed.
3) I think the best translation is to lose the imperative, and say
do bazi sisti .ijonai mi ba ceclygau, "You will stop xor I will shoot".
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Nick Nicholas
This is a question that has come up in the Level 0 material, which I am
now finalising. I am asking it here, rather than on jboske (because it
is supplicative --- clarification requested from John, who wrote the
piece in question --- and presumably an already settled issue) or in
private email (because I want the answer on record.)
The question is, what is the proper interpretation of logical
connectives within imperatives.
The current text is:
> How can Lojban logical connectives be used in imperative sentences?
> Logical connectives work properly only on complete sentences, and of
> those, only those which actually assert something.
>
> There is a special imperative pronoun
> <foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">ko</foreignphrase>. This is a second
> person pronoun logically equivalent to <foreignphrase
> lang="art-lojban">do</foreignphrase>, the normal Lojban word for <quote
> role="gloss">you</quote>, but
> conveying an imperative sense. Thus, an imperative can be understood as
> commanding the listener to make the assertion true which results when
> <foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">ko</foreignphrase> is replaced by
> <foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">do</foreignphrase>.</para>
>
> For example, <foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">ko
> sisti</foreignphrase> (<quote role="gloss">Stop!</quote>) is logically
> equivalent to <foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">do sisti</foreignphrase>
> (<quote role="gloss">you stop</quote>), and pragmatically may be
> understood
> as <quote>Make <quote><foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">do
> sisti</foreignphrase></quote> true!</quote>. This allows logical
> connection to be
> used in imperatives without loss of clarity or generality; the logical
> connection applies to the assertion which is in effect embedded in the
> imperative.</para>
By way of clarification, I wish to add:
> <para>So <foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">ko
> sisti .inaja mi ceclygau</foreignphrase> would seem to mean
> <quote>Stop or I'll
> shoot</quote>, but actually means <quote>bring about a situation
> whereby,
> if you don't stop, I'll shoot</quote> — not quite the same
> thing. The sense
> of <quote>stop or I'll shoot</quote> is properly conveyed by the
> phrase <foreignphrase lang="art-lojban">.i lenu do na sisti .e'u cu
> rinka lenu mi
> ceclygau</foreignphrase> — similar to what we saw above.</para>
Is this a misunderstanding? And if so, what *is* the Lojban for "Stop
or I'll shoot"?
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kultis kvazaux # French & Italian,
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