On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 11:33:58AM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Jordan DeLong wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 10:43:29AM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: [...] > > This is what is confusing you: You *can't* use da to refer to > > something specific. > > We've had this discussion before, and it's where you said (da poi gerku > fi'o ponse mi) isn't specific, even if I only have one dog. Yup. It isn't. In fact it suggests to the listener that you may own more than one dog. It's like if I were to say "lo stedu be mi" instead of "le stedu be mi". > > (Any usage which does is incorrect, and should probably be using > > ti/ta/tu). The difference between da and ko'a is the same as between le > > and lo. > > See chapter 7;3 to see why ti is unusable. I don't see what you're complaining about.... -- Jordan DeLong - fracture@allusion.net lu zo'o loi censa bakni cu terzba le zaltapla poi xagrai li'u sei la mark. tuen. cusku
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