History: conditional

ma tadji lenu mi cusku zoi gy. "I would have killed the cat" .gy bau la lojban.

mi no'omu'eiku pu catra le mlatu

mi jdice jeku'i se fanta co catra le mlatu

• That only works if you mean that you did in fact to intend to kill the cat. What about "I would have killed the cat, which was running across the road, if I hadn't slammed on the brakes"? (zo jibni .enai zo jdice)

'Couldn't you give other examples than those of killing cats!!!!'

Sure.

ma tadji lenu mi cusku zoi gy. "I would have killed the platypus" .gy bau la lojban.

mi no'omu'eiku pu catra le mabrnplatipu

mi jdice jeku'i se fanta co catra le mabrnplatipu

• That only works if you mean that you did in fact to intend to kill the platypus. What about "I would have killed the platypus, which was running across the road, if I hadn't slammed on the brakes"? (zo jibni .enai zo jdice)

I would have called it {platipu} instead of {ornitorinku} in the jutske cartu if Platypus had not already been assigned to a beetle. {mabrnplatipu} is of course obviously not a beetle, but "ornitorrinco" has been used in a Portuguese tonguetwister.

The Book shows how and it seems rather sufficient. .i da'i ganai co'e gi mi ba'o catra le mlatu .Since the da'i is on the .i, it covers the whole statement. --xod