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la and cusku di'e
> > Do we need the relationship "...is a subkind of..." to be an
> > atemporal absolute one?
>
> I think so, since atemporality -- independence from the facts of particular
> worlds and times -- is in the very nature of Kinds.
But on the other hand Kinds can enter into relationships with avatars
temporally, so I don't see a problem with there being temporal
relationships among themselves as well. In Lojban we can tense
even "du", so tensing "klesi" is nothing extraordinary.
But now that the issue has come up, shouldn't we have a way to
mark atemporal relationships as such, shouldn't there be a
tense-zi'o? Leaving tense out does not guarantee us a zi'o tense
reading. {tu'oroi} perhaps?
lo jbopre na tu'oroi klesi lo glipre
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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