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On Saturday, December 06, 2014 22:56:27 ravas@outlook.com wrote:
> > mi nelci lo selmlu be lo va tricu bei fo lo nu ba'o carvi .i mi nelci lo
> > ka lo
> > manku je cilmo pilka cu selga'efrica lo carmi pelxu pezli
> 
> Whats the difference between "lo va tricu" and "lo ta tricu"?
> And why do we use lo instead of le?
> I thought we would use le in this example since we are referring to a
> specific tree.

"lo ta tricu" means "that one's tree", that is, someone at a medium distance 
or near you owns a tree, and we're referring to the tree, which could be 
anywhere. "lo va tricu" means "that tree".

"lo va tricu" and "le va tricu" are both fine here. There are lots of phrases 
where either article can be used.

Pierre
-- 
The gostak pelled at the fostin lutt for darfs for her martle plave.
The darfs had smibbed, the lutt was thale, and the pilter had nothing snave.

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