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Posted by rlpowell on Mon 08 of Aug, 2005 23:23 GMT posts: 14214

Errrm, except this is Arnt's section...

I'll leave it alone, and he can change it back if he wants.

-Robin

On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 12:14:49PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 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
>
>
>

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