Wouldn't a good fix be to have: "the truth value of" = {jei} "whether" = {du'u xu kau}
Any arguments against? codrus 2010/3/15 Jorge Llambías <jjllamb...@gmail.com>: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Ian Johnson <blindbrav...@gmail.com> wrote: >> So {jei} is exactly identical to {du'u xukau}? Or is there a semantic >> difference? > > There are two candidate meanings for "jei". Nobody really knows which > one is the "correct" one. One of the meanings is "du'u xukau", i.e. it > basically corresponds to the indirect question "whether". The other > candidate meaning is "the truth value of". "jei" is not used much, > since we already have "du'u xukau" for "whether", and "the truth value > of" is not something that comes up often in conversation. > > mu'o mi'e xorxes > > > >