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On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 11:33:58AM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Jordan DeLong wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 10:43:29AM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote:
[...]
> > This is what is confusing you: You *can't* use da to refer to
> > something specific.
>
> We've had this discussion before, and it's where you said (da poi gerku
> fi'o ponse mi) isn't specific, even if I only have one dog.
Yup. It isn't. In fact it suggests to the listener that you may
own more than one dog.
It's like if I were to say "lo stedu be mi" instead of "le stedu
be mi".
> > (Any usage which does is incorrect, and should probably be using
> > ti/ta/tu). The difference between da and ko'a is the same as between le
> > and lo.
>
> See chapter 7;3 to see why ti is unusable.
I don't see what you're complaining about....
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sei la mark. tuen. cusku
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