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From: Jon Stevenson <steve203@msu.edu>
Subject: [lojban] Re: preposition disposition
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 03:30:49 -0500
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And in Russian, the preposition "po" can mean apparently just about 
anything.

On Feb 23, 2004, at 3:09 AM, Philip Newton wrote:

> On 22 Feb 2004 at 13:33, robin wrote:
>
>> Also in Turkish, you are angry _to_ something, but
>> frightened _from_ something; you beat someone but hit _to_ them; you
>> look _to_ someone, but wait them (no "for").
>
> And in German you are angry _onto_ someone and frightened _before_
> something (but you long yourself _after_ someone, i.e. long for them);
> you also wait _onto_ someone and rely yourself _onto_ someone.
>
> mu'o mi'e .filip.
> -- 
> filip.niutyn. <pnewton@gmx.de>
> li te'o te'a ka'o bi'e pi'i pai su'i pa du li no
>
>
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