Re: [jboske] The ugly head of ni

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Invent Yourself scripsit:

> > le ni ce'u kusru la djim = the amount of cruelty to Jim
> > le ni la djan. ce'u kusru = the amount of being a victim of John
> 
> Do these two make any sense? It seems these are begging for another place,
> that indicates what the ce'u refers to, essentially collapsing them down
> to the jei case.

Try "the amount of things in the bag", then: more concrete, easier to
wrap your head around:

le ni ce'u nenri le dakli

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