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xorxes:
#Accordingly, I would
#suggest that {na'o} covers both time and space, as in 'birds typically
#fly':
# ro da na'o ga na cipni gi vofli
# ro cipni na'o vofli
#
#s this meant to be {na'o ku ro cipni cu vofli} or {ro cipni
#a'o ku vofli}?
The latter.
#Can we say {le vi cipni na'o ku vofli}?
It would be good if we could. "For each of these birds, the world is
generally such that it flies".
#>This has the useful consequence of dealing with those lions in
#>Africa cases:
#> ro cinfo na'o xabju le friko
#
#I'm not sure I see it. I'd like to see an example of {na'o}
#with individuals before I can understand what it means with the
#quantification. What would it mean to say {la djan na'o xabju
#le friko}?
"When it comes to John, the world is generally such that he lives
in Africa".
I appreciate your reservations, and concede that I may be transgressing
the limits of consistency in trying to make na'o work more like poi'i.
Yes, on rellection I'm asking too much of na'o.
#>In summary:
#> ta'e = recurrently
#> na'o = typically/generally in the world
#> so'e roi = usually1
#> so'e mu'ei = usually2
#
#I think I understand "recurrently", but I'm still not clear
#about "typically/generally in the world" when applied to
#particular sumti.
Backtracking slightly, from what I said above, I meant to
suggest that {na'o} would mean "so'e times&placesROI"
-- an amalgam of so'e roi & fe'e so'e roi.
The answer to your question about particular sumti is
then analogous to the same question asked about {roi}
or about {fe'e roi}.
--And.