ABSTRACT
There is, however, one word in a well-known language
that seems to me to fulfil all the requirements, namely D ob 0 This at first was used in dependent questions (wer weiss, ob er kommt), but is now used pretty often in direct questions as well (Ob er kommt ?). I propose in Novial to use the same word in both applications: Ob 10 veni? Does he come? Que sava ob 10 veni? It may even be used put twice (as Z uses chu 0 0 • chu) to denote two alternatives (Ido from L sive 0 0 0 sive), as in rendering Goethe's "Er liest es jedem froh und laut, Ob es uns qualt, ob es erbaut!" Lo lekte lum a chake lautim joyosi, ob tum jena nus, ob tum edifika nus 0 Ob vu silentia, ob vu parla, on sal blama vu, whether you say nothing or speak, they will blame you.
