Re: [bpfk] O HAI I FIXT UR LODGEBANZ

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Adam Lopresto <adamlopresto@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like we're more or less in agreement over (1) and (3), then. So
> what would you use {ni} for?

Apparently I used it 8 times in Alice:

 mi kucli lo du'u mi ca minli li xo kau lo ni farlu

 .i ia mi pu'o jibni lo midju be lo terdi .i ka'u minli li vo ki'o lo ni cnita

 lo ni .abu galtu cu na banzu lo nu cpacu cy

 .i ku'i ka'u lo cmalu nixli cu dunli lo since lo ni citka lo sovda

  sei la mlatu ca lo nu lo ni moklu cu banzu lo nu tavla cu cusku

   .i na selvai lo ni darno —sei lo pendo ze'i frati—
     .i ia sai lo drata korbi ca'a drata mlana zvati
     .i lo ni darno lo glico cu ni jibni be la .frans.

> Also, "the length of the car" seems
> something important to be able to say, although I can't actually think
> of any use for it. CLL talks about {le ni le pixra cu blanu [kei]} as
> "the amount-of (the picture being-blue)", but doesn't give any place
> where that sumti would actually be useful. What am I overlooking?
> Maybe
>
> 2') "The length of the car amazed me." (mi manci lo <abstractor> lo
> karce cu clani)
>
> Feel free to provide a better example, or say flat out that there is
> never a use for "the length of the car".

Judging from my usage it seems I might say for example:

   lo ni lo karce cu clani cu banzu lo nu fanta lo nu da pagre

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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