Re: ca'a/pu'i

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

>>>Something to do with tenses, I suppose: {ca'a} contains an
>>>implied {ca} and {pu'i} an implied {pu}.
> >
>>The answer is that ca'a and pu'i are orthogonal to standard tense usage.
>>They relate to potentiality of an event to occur, and not whether it
>actually
>>occurs.
>
>Isn't {ca'a} = "actually occurs" and {pu'i} = "actually occurred"?
>How can they not relate to whether the event actually occurs?

doi lojbab: engage brain before hitting keyboard.

I meant:
They relate to potentiality of an event to occur, and not WHEN it actually
occurs.

lojbab
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