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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