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la lojbab cusku di'e
> >mi nitcu fi lenu setca lei vi cukta ce'u poi tanxe (vo'e? depending on
what
> >it means these days, or maybe ri to avoid the question)
> >
> >which might back-translate as
> >I need that these books be inserted into something which will box them.
> >in case I've mangled things unrecognizably.
>
>And what goes in x2 of nitcu? What do you answer to {go'i ma}?
da .a'o, or maybe da da'i(cu'i?)
There may in fact be nothing which exists that goes there, but that does
not remove your need for it. Why force people to claim a particular value,
when I do not know what that value is, or whether it exists.
We don't want to force people to claim a particular value exists, of course. That's why da is wrong and that's why I use lo'e there. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963