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kibe

In a message dated 2002-09-15 12:20:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sts@hidden.email writes:

lesson26:
    Do you know if the marketplace is open at night?
    Kibe kosi tumi kibe nusa pegonta penye gasande gebuvendu?
sts:
is "do you" and "if" really the same? i think there's missing
something to make the difference clear.

stefo,
try it in esperanto:
"cxu vi scias cxu la vendoplaco estas malferma nokte?"  no difference, except in english.  "kibe" means more "is it true (possible) that..." rather than either "do you" or "if".
(and yes, it was me who commented on the weight of weight.)
Stevo