Re: All-important phrases
From: | bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, July 31, 2002, 10:53 |
here goes :
> Bears don't drink beer, do they?
goras Rapi Cos
bear not-? (drink beer)
Rap p==(¬p&<>p), ie, they could, but they don't
ie, the bear doesn't actually* drink beer
> I would like French fries with my painful death.
Dhayrer chinpa that shot Dayg yholw Bayr linc
(give [future subjunctive])-you \(chip portion) that
\i (die [future]) (great cause for pain) (eat
[future]) them
ie, would you give me a portion of chips for me to eat
as i die in great pain
> Am I truly like such a fellow?
Peri shot Tanlt shacas
(is actual)-? \i (am being of the quality) \(a
man)-(this type we've been discussing)
ie, is it the actual case that i have the qualities of
such a man ?
*i'm using the word 'actually' in its possible worlds
sense to mean 'in the actual (this) world'
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