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> Might {PA mu'ei lodu'u} be equivalent to {fau PA nu} or {va'i PA nu} or
> some {BAI PA nu}?
(va'i -> va'o)
For {va'o}, it would seem to depend on the meaning of {vanbi}.
Can we say:
ro nu na carvi cu vanbi lo nu mi klama le zarci
Every not raining is a context for my going to the market.
If it doesn't rain I go to the market.
With fau, I'm not so sure, but it probably works too:
fau ro nu na carvi kei mi klama le zarci
With every not raining, I go to the market.
How do we handle counterfactuals? With {je'unai}?
ro nu je'unai na carvi cu vanbi lo nu mi klama le zarci
If it weren't raining I'd go to the market.
(But it is false that it is not raining.)
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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