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On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 01:15:29PM +0200, selpa'i wrote:
> la gleki cu cusku di'e
> >What I do want is to know how to say
[snip]
>=20
> >3. You should eat.
>=20
> =ABlu .ei do citka li'u=BB

No; {.ei} refers to the *speaker's* obligation.  Some possibilities:
{.ei dai}, {.e'u}, {da'i lo nu do citka cu xamgu}.  It depends on
what you mean by "should", though; in English this covers {vrude}
and {djica} and {pluka} and {bilga} and {xamgu}, at the very least.

For the generic, I'd use {.e'u}, I think.

-Robin

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