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From: Goran Topic <topic@STUDENT.MATH.HR>
Subject:      Re: PLI: "except"
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To: Veijo Vilva <veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI>
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> How about a new lujvo for "only", like {pavgri} (from pamei girzu) or
> {pavykai} or something, with the structure "x1 is the only thing with
> quality (ka) x2".

.i ma'a ca'a pilno lu se pamei li'u la'edi'u

(We can use se pamei for that)


>    ko'a krici ledu'u la djan. pavgri leka klama
>    She believes that John is a singleton-of-things-sharing-the-quality-of
 going

ko'a krici ledu'u le'i klama la djan. pamei

> Your second sentence could be:
>
>   la djan. pavgri leka ko'a krici ledu'u ke'akau klama
>   John's the only one who has the quality that she believes
>       that he goes.

la djan. se pamei le'i te krici be ledu'u klama bei ko'a

co'o mi'e. goran.