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Re: [katanda] kibe

Title: Re: [katanda] 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

stevo,
i know that it's the same in esperanto. but in esperanto i understood that there is a "tell me" or "i want to know from you" implied. so, is in katanda also something implied? if yes, that would be strange, as katanda seems very explicit, doesn't it? :)
stefo,
sts.