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Re: [jboske] The ugly head of ni

At 04:08 PM 10/9/02 -0400, Invent Yourself wrote: 
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Robert LeChevalier wrote:
> > > ni ko'a xunre du pimuvo
> > > means that there is X's redness is measured as .54 units on some scale,
> > > which may or may not be a unitary one.
> >
> >You take ni to refer to the first sumti. What about ni ko'a ko'e broda?
>
> I'll accept the need for ce'u in ni at least as much as in ka.

But where is the ce'u in "ni ko'a xunre"? If you agree with me on ce'u,
you agree that "ni ko'a xunre" is as bad as "ka ko'a xunre"; really bad.

I have disagreed on ce'u in the past, but more or less am willing to accede to what others seem to have decided (but I'll have to see how my personal idiolect works out). If you want to use "ni ce'u xunre", and others agree, I'll understand it.

lojbab

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