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on 3/8/03 11:38 AM, John F. Schilke, MD at jfs.md@hidden.email wrote: >> Yes, I think 'vo' is now superfluous. Make sense to everybody? >> I think there is no pronoun 'one' in Ceqli, in the sense of "One speaks >> English here". Better to use a be-formation. >> Ci Heqlabol bezu. Here English-language is-used. (I like zu better than >> ploy for 'use') > In general, I subscribe to the dictum that the passive is to be > eschewed, so I prefer using a "one" form, of any kind, over a "be" form, > even though it might be shorter. Technically, 'be' forms aren't passives. Go fir zi. I fear you Zi befir go. You scare me. But, no reason why we can't have a 'one' word for such usage. Anybody have any ideas? One thing might be the introduction of another tV word, with the meaning of "-generally." Let's say it's 'tu" To xyen kom karn. The dog (the one already mentioned) eats meat. Ta xyen kom karn. A dog eats meat. (in answer to "What's going on in the next room?") Tu xyen kom karn. Dogs-generally eat meat. Then: Tu jin ci bol heqlabol. Reactions? -- >PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: rmay@hidden.email > Rex F. May (Baloo) > Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp > Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/gdummy.htm > Language site at: http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/Uploadexp.htm >Discuss my auxiliary language at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ceqli/