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la pycyn cusku di'e
Tensewise, all we can say about repeated events is that the repetition is high density or low in a period, including how often it occurs, and, when it is not continuous (or it it continual?)whether the occurences fit some pattern we notice or not: {no'a} and whateverelse is legal here (not {no'a nai}, alas, but maybe {na'e no'e}).
{na'o nai} is not only legal but it actually appears on the cmavo
list as "atypically". You may have checked {no'a}, I never remember
which is which of na'o/no'a.
And, with reference to cases othere than strict counts, it is important, Ithink to notice the differences between different arrangements of conditionswith respect connectives and quantifers: "Always when there is a cat available, John kicks it" seems rather different from "When there is a cat available, John always kicks it" and bi\oth from "John always kicks cats" (which is, I think ambiguous between the two).
The first one seems to be: ro roi ku la djan tikpa ro mlatu poi zvati Every time, John kicks every cat that is present. And the second may be: la djan tikpa ro mlatu poi zvati ro roi ku John kicks every cat present, every time. They don't seem to be different, unless there is a difference in what counts as a "time". But the second one is a weird way of ordering the events, considering them by cats first instead of by times. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________Internet access plans that fit your lifestyle -- join MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp