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Stephan Schneider <sts@hidden.email> wrote:
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> so i say "cansanta tango te kivatso" = "which bike is good"?
>
cansanta tango te kivatso
PARSER.PARSE_ADJECTIVE.MISSING_EXPRESSION_AFTER_OPEN_ADJECTIVE
You don't want "te". "Kivatso" is an adjective.
cansanta tango kivatso
= Which (tango???) is good?
"Tango" is not a word (yet?).
cansanta cango kivatso
= Which automobile is good?
>
> Cf. "He left yesterday" vs. "He did leave yesterday" or "He
> definitely left yesterday"
>
> what means "cf."? i mean it surely means "compare", but why is it
> "cf."?
>
Latin "confer" = imperative of "conferre" = 'to compare'.
Regards,
Rick Morneau
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