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Re: Summary of summaries on DJUNO



> As for claiming that an English sentence such as the following is
> wrong:
>
>     Alice does not like Bill, but Bill knows she does.

li'o

> *Both* are correct in the appropriate circumstances, such as
>
>     Alice's mental state has been manipulated by outside forces.
>     Consequently, Alice does not like Bill, but Bill knows she does.

.i la .elis. ca na nelci la bil.
             ^^
.iku'i la bil. cu djuno ledu'u
la .elis na'o nelci by.
         ^^^^
gi'e ca se menga'i fi lo ca na nelci by.

There's no contradiction. lojban tenses, as many other things, are
optional. This works under either interpretation of djuno.

co'o mi'e. goran.