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At 06:18 AM 12/18/02 -0500, John Cowan wrote:
Bob LeChevalier scripsit: > "I need a box" > is > "mi nitcu lo nu da/lo tanxe tanxe zo'e" I suppose this should be "tanxe cu tanxe",
Correct. Assuming the former interpretation, then this won't work. The mere
fact that a box is boxing (up) something is not what I need when I need a box, although the "zo'e" may be twisted to save you, on the interpretation "I need for something-unspecified to be boxed by a box",
Include the unrealized potential tense.
which is not quite the same as "I need a box". After all, you might need it as a source of pulp for paper-making.
Then you need the event of a box being pulped for paper-making. The point is that when you need a generic of something, then you need it for some particular use, and therefore what you need is the potential event of it be used for that particular use.
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