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On 11/23/05, HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > lo prenu cu zvati le kumfa
> > A person is in the room.
> >
> > lo dacti cu zvati le kumfa
> > An object is in the room.
>
> I thought {dacti} incuded {prenu}. Does not it?

Yes, dacti is any material object. If you want to restrict it
to non-persons, you might say {lo nalpre dacti}.

Also, {lo prenu cu zvati le kumfa} could mean "there are people
in the room". If the number is important you have to specify it:
{pa prenu cu zvati le kumfa} = "there is exactly one person
in the room".

mu'o mi'e xorxes