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Re: TECH: lambda and "ka" revisited



la kris cusku di'e

>    mi djuno ledu'u le tsali cu blanu
>         I know that the sky is blue
>    mi djuno lejei le tsali cu blanu
>         I know whether or not the sky is blue
>    mi djuno leni le tsali cu blanu
>         I know how true it is that the sky is blue  --> how blue the sky is
>
> I stopped doing this because xorxes convinced me it was wrong; but let's
> define it that way, shall we?

I wouldn't be against defining them that way ({jei} is already that de facto
if not de jure anyway), but I would prefer to forget about {ni} and {jei}
altogether.

(That definition of {ni} would clash severely with usage though.)

Jorge