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Re: [jboske] Needed boxes (was: lo'ie != lo'ei)


la lojbab cusku di'e

Can someone remind me why "I need a doctor" isn't

mi nitcu ledu'u so'uda cu mikce mi

Similarly "I need a box" as

(de zo'u) mi nitcu ledu'u (da zo'u) da tanxe de 

That works if {nitcu} means "x1 needs x2 to be true
(so that x3 is also true)".

Do you mean to propose that to be the only way to use
{nitcu}, or as an extension of its basic meaning? In
other words, could we still say:

mi nitcu le va tanxe le du'u setca lei vi cukta ty
I need that box to put these books in.

?

If we can say that, then it is useful to also be able
to say:

mi nitcu lo'e tanxe le du'u setca lei vi cukta ty
I need a box to put these books in.

which is not exactly the same as:

mi nitcu le du'u da tanxe lei vi cukta
I need that these books are in a box.

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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