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Re: [txeqli]gen and kay



Rex May - Baloo wrote:
> 
> on 3/29/02 2:27 PM, Mike Wright at darwin@hidden.email wrote:
> 
> > Rex May - Baloo wrote:
> >>
> >> on 3/27/02 1:14 PM, Mike Wright at darwin@hidden.email wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> Da kwaysa kom kay ho dorm.  He quickly ate, and went to sleep, not
> >>>> necessarily in that order.
> >>>>
> >>>> This latter would seldom be what we mean.
> >>>
> >>> I also think that some clarity might be added using something like
> >>> "gen" with multiple adverbs and verbs. In English we can do this with
> >>> "both ... and ..." if there are only two elements.
> >>>
> >>> I'm thinking of the way Mandarin uses repetitions of <you4> or <zai4>:
> >>>
> >>> Da gen kom gen soma. "He both ate and read." Meaning that he did both
> >>> simultaneously, or alternated back and forth between the two activities.
> >>
> >> I don't see why not.  Are you using the glossary 'gen' meaning 'again', or
> >> is it Mandarin?  Anyhow, Esperanto would just use 'kay' twice.
> >
> > Yes, "again". It seems funny to use "kay" both as an adverb, like
> > this, and as a conjunction.
> >
> >> Da kay kom kay soma.
> >
> > Da kay go kay kom kay soma. Once again, "Ooog!"
> 
> Yes. Oog.  In speech it would be clear from intonation, but written down
> it's totally opaque.

So, what would you think of:

Da kay go gen kom gen soma.

?

> I'd say that, at this point, there isn't much difference between
> I eat and sleep and I both eat and sleep.  It's more of an emphasis in the
> latter, I guess.

The English with just "and" seems a bit ambiguous to me.

There's probably also a need for something like "I read the book while
eating a ham sandwich." However, we should probably start a separate
thread on aspect.

-- 
Mike Wright
http://www.CoastalFog.net
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