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nahi vs. xehi

In a message dated 2002-09-18 11:53:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, sts@hidden.email writes:


lesson28:
    Peter asked me for a steel bathtub but it was too
      expensive.
    Nida Kapedebyo mi xenasyu va te gebiste nane sebinsanta
      toyuva xehi.
sts:
i thought it must be "nahi" instead of "xehi". "xe" is just a prefix,
i thought. so i mismemorized something.

stefo,
i used to think so too, but the polarity "prefixes" are treated in some ways the same as "bu-", i.e., as semi-morphs.  otherwise, as in a later sentence with sinks and tubs, how would you distinguish between the two (nasyu vs. xenasyu)?
steven