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From: cbmvax!uunet!infmx!grizzly!cortesi (David Cortesi)
Message-Id: <9106131613.AA02270@grizzly..com>
Subject: Re: place structure issues
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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 91 9:13:05 PDT
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> uunet!math.ucla.edu!jimc sez:
> ...  E.g. he wants to say "the cat kills the rat".
> 	le mlatu cu gasnu/rinka  le nu            le ratcu cu morsi
> [etc, lots of high-level methods of saying the cat kills the rat, omitted]

I'm sure there are valid issues being discussed here (tho I don't
really understand them) but the particular example seems as if it
might be solved more directly...

batci  bac          bite            bite...on/at...
catra               kill            kill...by method... 
cnebo  neb     ne'o neck            neck of...; body part

  le mlatu cu catra le ratcu le nu le mlatu cu batci le ratcu le cnebo

..and now I have this terrible feeling that I have overreached my grasp...