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Can someone remind me why "I need a doctor" isn't mi nitcu ledu'u so'uda cu mikce mi Similarly "I need a box" as (de zo'u) mi nitcu ledu'u (da zo'u) da tanxe de
That works if {nitcu} means "x1 needs x2 to be true
(so that x3 is also true)".
Do you mean to propose that to be the only way to use
{nitcu}, or as an extension of its basic meaning? In
other words, could we still say:
mi nitcu le va tanxe le du'u setca lei vi cukta ty
I need that box to put these books in.
?
If we can say that, then it is useful to also be able
to say:
mi nitcu lo'e tanxe le du'u setca lei vi cukta ty
I need a box to put these books in.
which is not exactly the same as:
mi nitcu le du'u da tanxe lei vi cukta
I need that these books are in a box.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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