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BPFK Section: Quantity sumtcita

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On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 01:01:20PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > Examples of se la'u Usage
> >
> > le nolraitru to ri poi tcetcetcetce clani se la'u so'i
> > sai mitre be li pa no no toi
> > The king (who's really tall, hundreds of metres).
>
> {se la'u} should tag a number, {la'u} is for things like
> meters. For example:
>
> le nolraitru cu clani se la'u li so'i te la'u lo se gradu
> be lo mitre be li pa no no

Cool. Thanks.

> > Examples of ji'e Usage
> > None found. Constructed example follows:
> >
> > do ka'e snada ji'e po'o lo se djica be do
> > Your ability to succeed is limited only by what you desire.
> > You can succeed in whatever you want.
>
> The limit here is to snada, not to ka'e:
> "It is possible that your success is limited by what you want."

I don't see much semantic difference there, actually, except in the
first English translation mentioning abilit.

> To limit the ability, the selbri should be {kakne}:
>
> do kakne lo nu snada kei ji'e po'o...

Done.

-Robin