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Re: [engelang] Xorban Development



On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:07 PM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:
>
> You could in principle get a l/q contrast in
> "They discussed (the property of) being canine"
> "qa grka csna'ika"
>
> "They discussed the dog"
> "la grka csna'ika"
>
> Instead of "qa grka", maybe you could have
> "li smi la grka ckjika csna'ika"
> Where "li smi la grka ckjika" is "the property of being canine".

That's two sentences: (li smi la grka ckjika) (csna'ika), but "li la
grka ckjika csna'iki" works.

Also "la grka li ckjika csna'iki", "dogs, being them they discussed".

mu'o mi'e xorxes