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On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 12:35:53AM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
>
> la camgusmis cusku di'e
> > > .i mi'u zo ce'u zo kau simsa le ka jendu pe'a
> >
> >.i ki'a
>
> i mi do kansa le nu me zo ki'a
.i .u'i je'e
> > > .i va'obo ko'a tamsmi fi lu du'u broda li'u mu'a
> > > .i va'obo ko'e tamsmi fi lu ka ce'u broda li'u mu'a
> > > .i va'obo ko'i tamsmi fi lu ka ce'u ce'u broda li'u mu'a
> >
> >[Not one of those three parses. What are the 'bo' for?]
>
> I can't see why they shouldn't parse. {bo} attaches the sentence
> to the previous one.
Whoops. I was running them independently. My bad.
> In this case, each sentence is said to be the conditions of the
> previous one. The meaning is weird, but as far as I can see it should
> parse.
<nod> I still don't understand it. 8)
> >.i mi sruma le du'u do tavla fi le bipibi mupli .i mi tugni .i mi stidi
> >zoi gy. I will see which of John or George (or both) is at the park. gy.
> >ki'u le du'u zoi gy. which of John or George (or both) is at the park
> >gy. .enai zoi gy. whether John or George (or both) is at the park. gy
> >preti
>
> So you won't accept that {na.enai} might be the answer?
Oh, my bad. "I will see which of John or George (or both, or neither)
is at the park."
-Robin
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