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MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote: > > In the LE entry for "tomeni" there is this example sentence: > Dasu basa tomeni = What is this? > > Since the question word takes the place of the answer in Latejami, and an > appropriate answer could be "This is a table" or "This is a book", which are > translated as "Dasu bujisa basi" or "Dasu fima basi", analogous to > > Latejami is a language. > Dasu tejama Latejami. [L4] > > wouldn't the Latejami equivalent for "What is this?" be "Dasu tomena basi?" > No. In English, the subject is most topical and precedes the verb: Dasu tomena basi = This is what? Dasu basa tomeni = What is this? Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.eskimo.com/~ram