Date:  Sun, 4 Jan 1998 09:46:46 -0500 (EST)
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From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <shoulson@CS.COLUMBIA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: functions (zo'o)
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To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
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>Date:         Mon, 29 Dec 1997 18:11:59 -0300
>From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" <jorge@INTERMEDIA.COM.AR>
>
>cu'u la ~mark
>>>>>       One day our driver fell from the steps.
>>>            i ca lo djedi le mi'a jatna cu farlu fi le serti
>>
>>Does {ca lo djedi} actually mean anything here?
>
>No, but neither does the English, does it?

It might.  It's sort of a discoursive, "once upon a time."

>> Considering that
>>{djedi}, as the 24-hour measure of time, is simply how we whack time up
>>into pieces, EVERYTHING happens on some day or another.  This timestamp is
>>totally meaningless; it's just a direct translation of an English idiom,
>>right?
>
>Right. I thought of using {ca da} or {paroi ku}, but they don't seem
>any better, so I went for direct translation. Any suggestions?

{paroi ku} sounds not bad.

~mark