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> Is "pone" the exclusive 'or' meaning one of two alternatives but not
> both?
>
Yes.
>
> How do you express the inclusive 'and/or'?
>
I imagine I'll assign a unique root to it.
>
> K-E has:
> pyaxo - in charge/control. Note that "pyaxo" is a verb, not an
> adjective! Goy pyaxonfa tumi (pyava kospu) = You'll be in control
> of the computer. See also "xonfa" and "zoxo".
>
> "pyava kospu" is in parentheses, presumably to indicate the phrase is
> optional, but the corresponding phrase in English ("of the computer")
> is not in parentheses, indicating it is not optional.
>
The English translation is the output of the translation software.
Since it ignores punctuation in the input, it doesn't duplicate the
punctuation in the output.
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> By the way, do you want comments like this to go to you or the Katanda
> list?
>
If you feel that others might be interested or if it's a borderline
case, then post here. For typos and other trivial stuff, mail me
directly. The above example is probably a borderline case, which is why
I answered it here.
Regards,
Rick Morneau
http://www.srv.net/~ram
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram