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Subject:      trouble with the textbook.
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  I'm working on chapter one of the text book, section 1.4.  I'm getting
confused by the use of the word "darxi".  It looks like the author is
using it as "x1 hits x2 in the x3, using x4", whereas the description for
dirxa says "x1 hits/strikes/[beats] x2 with instrument [or body-part] x3
at locus x4".  I take the description to mean "x1 hits x2 with x3 in the
x4."

specifically, I'm referring to exercise 1-4, problem 3:
"le sanli ku cu darxi le zutseku le stedu ku le plise ku"
which I translate as
"The stander hits the sitter in the apple with his head"

Am I misinterpereting the definition of darxi?

-marvin

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