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xod:
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, And Rosta wrote:
>
> > John:
> > >
> > > I think this is a confusion. For me, "I am a novelist who doesn't write
> > > novels" is a flat contradiction...
>
> > I have a friend who says he's a novelist, even though he hasn't written
> > a novel, and doesn't seriously plan to
>
> ckufi'i zi'o?
You could say that. But to be more explicit, "se tarmi tu'o du'u
ckufinti da". Or, to be less explicit, {ckufinti lo'ei du}.
--And.