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xorxes:
> la and cusku di'e
>
> > 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.
And how would we do the equivalent of {PA mu'ei broda}? {fau PA zo'e broda}?
Or even {fau PA zi'o broda}, for unconditional mu'ei... But that's too
weird!
> 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.)
Yes, and the same goes for mu'ei too.
--And.