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From: Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>
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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: lo nanmu poi na va
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:14:52 -0800, Starling <pubsynx7hye@pacbell.net> wrote:
> P.S. I don't know how to add bridi into the slots of a selbri used
> after 'le'.

with {be}.

> ti famti = "That is an aunt." ti famti mi = "That is my aunt."
> le famti = "an aunt"

But a specific one you have in mind, since you're using {le}. "The
aunt" might be a better translation, depending on the context. Or "The
aunts", since {le} is also not specific with regard to number.

> "le famti fe mi" = "an aunt of mine?"

{le famti be mi}. {le famti be fe mi} is not wrong but the {fe} is
superfluous here. And again, you must have a particular aunt or aunts
in mind; if you just want a generic "an aunt (any aunt) of mine",
you'd need a different gadri AFAIK. (Which one that is, I don't know.
It may be {lo} or {lo'e}.)

mu'o mi'e .filip.
-- 
Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>