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On Wednesday, July 15, 2015 10:58:38 Ian Johnson wrote:
> The main causation words are {rinka},{mukti},{krinu}, and {nibli}. In your
> example you would want {mukti}:
> 
> A: .i ma mukti lo nu do co'e
> B: .i tu'a do
> 
> All four of these have short tags: {ri'a},{mu'i},{ki'u}, and {ni'i}. So you
> can shorten the above to:
> 
> A: .i mu'i ma do co'e
> B: .i tu'a do
> 
> with no loss.

"tu'a do" is more general than "for you"; it could be anything you did or some 
property of you. "For" in this context is "seva'u", but "seva'u ma" wouldn't 
be translated "why". ("tu'a" is not a preposition; it's a sumti qualifier.)

Pierre
-- 
gau do li'i co'e kei do

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