From spigot@neuron.net Mon May 31 07:50:50 1999
X-Digest-Num: 154
Message-ID: <44114.154.914.959273824@eGroups.com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 10:50:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Spigot <spigot@neuron.net>
Subject: Re: sevzi co ka ckini je ka jicmu

ki'e xorxes.

>>.i le menli po'e le banli prije pe le xintu'a
>> pu pencu se benji zi'o le stuna le stici
>
>{po'e} is not wrong, but why not use {be}?
>Also, instead of {se benji zi'o} you could use {preja}.
>I don't like using {zi'o} when it can be avoided, but
>that's just my taste.

.i .ua zo preja cu prane .isi'a zo be cu prane
.ili'a mi pu na'e banzu tadni le te sumti be zo menli

>>.i le selvla be zo galtu .e zo dizlo cu se pilno co ckini
>
>This one is tricky, because you are describing something
>as being the meaning of both words, when what you
>probably mean is to say that the two meanings are
>relatedly used. I remember we had a discussion on the
>list about this before, but I don't remember whether we
>reached any conclusion on how to say {le selvla
>be zo galtu be'o e le selvla be zo dizlo} in a more compact
>form.

.i mi pu senpi le du'u le jufra cu drani
.iku'i naku mi pu danfu facki
.i le valsi jorne ciste ca'o cfipu mi

>>.i le gusni .e le manku cu remei
>
>This says that each of them is a pair, not that they constitute
>a pair, which would be {le gusni [ku] joi le manku cu remei}.

.ua je'e

>>.i .e'u le nu do tricu lo valsi cu jai zi jgari le banli zasti fai do
>
>Did you really mean {tricu} here?

.i xajmi srera .i zo troci cu basti zo tricu

> >lu ko na fesxaksu le do temci ca le donri .a le nicte tu'u
>
> I know {fesxaksu} is suggested in the gismu list, but to me
> it means "to use up/consume/deplete all the waste". I don't
> unsderstand how it can mean "to waste" other than by loose
> keyword association. "To waste" could be {xlaxaksu} or
> {selxlaxaksu} or even {palcauxaksu} in the sense of
> "squander", and something like {fesyga'i} for the sense
> of reducing something to waste, but I don't see how
> {fesxaksu} works.

.i mi ji'a na'e se mansa zo fesxaksu .iku'i mi pu se nandu
le nu mapti valsi facki .i mi ckire do lei mupli

co'o mi'e la spigot.