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On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 4:13 PM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote: > > 1. Conditionals. (A mu'ei-type analysis, I'd think.) Let's define sfake: "A is a state of affairs that is the case in possible world(s) E". ttlake: "A are the totality of E", "A are all of E", "A are E". mjrtake: "A are the majority of E", "A are most of E". We already have: mnake: "A is/are among E", "A is some fraction (possibly all) of E". Now: la fa rcfa'a le fe li vnji trvcna'aki lo sfako lu ttluko sfeku My being rich - A, my buying an airplane - E, worlds in which A is the case - O, the totality of O - U, E is the case in U "I buy an airplane is the case in all possible worlds in which I'm rich is the case" "If I was rich, I would buy an airplane". la fa rcfa'a le fe li vnji trvcna'aki lo sfako lu mjrtuko sfeku My being rich - A, my buying an airplane - E, worlds in which A is the case - O, the majority of O - U, E is the case in U "I buy an airplane is the case in most possible worlds in which I'm rich is the case" "If I was rich, I would probably buy an airplane". la fa rcfa'a le fe li vnji trvcna'aki lo sfako lu mnuko sfeku My being rich - A, my buying an airplane - E, worlds in which A is the case - O, some of O - U, E is the case in U "I buy an airplane is the case in some possible worlds in which I'm rich is the case" "If I was rich, I could buy an airplane". Now we could shorten these a little by defining predicates for "lo sfako lo ttluko sfeku", "lo sfako lo mjrtuko sfeku", "lo sfako lu mnuko sfeku". Say vdake = "lo sfako lo ttluko sfeku" lknake = "lo sfako lo mjrtuko sfeku" cmkake = "lo sfako lu mnuko sfeku" Then: la fa rcfa'a le fe li vnji trvcna'aki vdake "If I was rich, I would buy an airplane". la fa rcfa'a le fe li vnji trvcna'aki lknake "If I was rich, I would probably buy an airplane". la fa rcfa'a le fe li vnji trvcna'aki cmkake "If I was rich, I could buy an airplane". mu'o mi'e xorxes