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On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, John Cowan wrote:
> Invent Yourself scripsit:
>
> > > le ni ce'u kusru la djim = the amount of cruelty to Jim
> > > le ni la djan. ce'u kusru = the amount of being a victim of John
> >
> > Do these two make any sense? It seems these are begging for another place,
> > that indicates what the ce'u refers to, essentially collapsing them down
> > to the jei case.
>
> Try "the amount of things in the bag", then: more concrete, easier to
> wrap your head around:
>
> le ni ce'u nenri le dakli
Ah ha! You're using ni for counting objects! pc, call your office!
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