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BPFK Section: Aspect


> The absence of a
> logical “It is necessary that” is a more serious flaw in
> Lojban than all the conceivable aspects put together.

{bi'ai} has been proposed to fill that gap.
{bi'ai} is {na ka'e na}.

> <<But what about {ca'a <sumti>}? If that still means "in this world",
> it's
> pretty useless. But it seems to me to be kind of like a space tense:
> {viku} means "here/very nearby", while {vi le tricu} means "at/near the
> tree".>>
>
> I assume that {ca’a} with a sumti means “in the world(s)where the referent of
> that sumti is (as with all the other sumti tcita – except maybe some
> tense-aspects).

Yes, I agree.

mi'e xorxes





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