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Re: [txeqli] Basic idea

Title: Re: [txeqli] Basic idea
on 3/6/02 7:01 AM, Ray Bergmann at rayber@hidden.email wrote:

And & Rex:-> I was actually wondering how to tell the difference between
"I thee" and "we", e.g. "I thee wed", versus "We wed".
The thought of having to insert a compound blocker to
prevent "I thee" parsing as "we" seems rather unattractive
and unnatural.
Ray:-> ."thee" is the object of the transitive verb "wed". .in "we wed (each other/reciprocally) = we (get married) to each other", the verb seems to be intransitive.  

Well, in the first place, how to say 'wed'.  In current Ceqli, 'ho' means to become.  
'Zbanho' would mean to become a spouse.  And the only conceivable meaning for a direct object of that verb would be the person one is becoming a spouse -of-.  So

Go zbanho zi.   I wed thee.
or
Zi, go zbanho.   Thee I wed.

BTW, is 'ho' phonetically optimal?  It is meant to serve as does the Esperanto 'igi'.

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