From dpt@abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU  Sat Mar  6 22:45:09 2010
Date:         Thu, 11 May 1995 09:22:10 -0400
From: Dylan Thurston <dpt@abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: TEXT: le gunse ku joi le lorxu
To: Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@access.digex.net>
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I wrote:
> Jorge wrote:
> > > Can one person {klama ru'u le toknu} (come around the oven)?
> >
> > Why not? I don't like the many irrelevant places of {klama}, but what
> > can I do? Any suggestions for how to say "go around the oven"?
>
> I was confused; that helps, thanks.  {mi'o ru'u} would be more precise.
> And, from the place structure, {klama} seems to be a journey with a
> beginning and end.  How about using {litru}?
>
> litru: x1 travels via route x2 using means x3
>
> Maybe
>
>       litru le ru'u toknu

No, that means "travel in the encircling oven", or something; in any
case, not what I wanted.  With a tense,

        litru ru'u le toknu

or

        litru mo'iru'u le toknu

or, if you want to fill the x2 place of litru, perhaps

        litru le stizu ru'u le toknu

though that seems pedantic.

co'o mi'e dilyn.