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Re: [txeqli] Zem



=46rom Rex,
> I have decided that I don't like zem.  ... Therefore I propose mandarin
'di' for ordinals.
> However, unlike Mandarin, I think it should be suffixed, again with the
> head-last theory, because 'second' is a kind of order or rank, not a kind
of
> 'two.'.  So:
> Handixar, Dudixar, Tridixar,  January, February, march, etc.
> Days of the week:
> Handidey, Dudidey, etc.
>
> Question:  How to distinguish between Handidey meaning Monday, and 'the
> first day of February'?  Probably with sa.
>
> Dudixarsa handisa dey.

This sounds reasonable to me.  Be sure that you decide which day of the week
is first -- Sunday, Monday??

John