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Re: [engelang] lo, the vanishing wtf



On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 11:06 PM, John E Clifford <kali9putra@hidden.email> wrote:
>
> And what exactly is wrong with saying  la mlta xkra?

Nothing at all!

> Your remark was much
> more complex than what I asked about (metaphysics will drive you mad). Its
> true, of course, except that I have my doubts about talking about events
> yet.

Great then. I thought you were asking how could it be that la mlta
xkra while je sa mlta xkra sa mlta na xkra and I was trying to provide
an explanation for that.

> Nothing strange about pictures of green and white polkadotted cats, but
> the question was how would I say that I'd seen one.

"la je ge crna blba je plkdtda mlta le pxreka vska'ake"

> Are you going to
> insist, for example, that the cat is imaginary?

How could I know, you didn't tell me whether it was a picture of a
real cat or not.

> And, if so, how is this
> different from real but only possible?  These are questions that are the
> reason for building solid bases before pursing the more abstruse realms.

Are you asking me how is imaginary different from possible? I thought
you didn't want to talk metaphysics.

co ma'a xrxe