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> I guess I might have tried 'dayvimunti', or would that be interpreted
> as inanimate?
>
Animacy is not specified. It simply means 'all' and can be interpreted
as animate or inanimate or even sentient depending on the context.
>
> Yes, but:
> 'letadya tatsandu ...' = 'words meaning ...'
>
> would be preferable to:
> 'letadya catsandu ...' = 'words for the purpose of ...'
>
> Correct?
>
Isn't that what I did? Here is my final result again:
Xebenza mi xenidunda Katanda letadya tatsandu liku <wish>dya zane
<hope>dya zane <wonder>dya poku.
= I think that Katanda needs the words meaning "wish", "hope", and
"wonder".
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> I didn't anticipate that word order would result in a distributive
> interpretation with articles.
>
It's discussed in the syntax appendix of the reference manual but not in
the lessons. I'll have to fix that.
>
> What happens when you have an article and an *open/heavy* adjective
> modifying the same noun? I'm guessing you can't put the article after
> that.
>
Correct. Heavy modifiers ALWAYS follow light modifiers (otherwise you
would have to bracket most heavy modifiers with "meku" and "gaku"):
vozwe binsa fudindu cato = the big table in the living room
vozwe fudindu cato binsa = the table in the big living room
Note that in English, light modifiers generally precede the noun while
heavy modifiers follow it.
Regards,
Rick Morneau
http://www.srv.net/~ram
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram