Re: [jboske] The ugly head of ni

[Adam Raizen <araizen@cs.huji.ac.il>]

la xod. cusku di'e

> > > Would {le ni ce'u prami ce'u} mean "the amount of lover--beloved
> > > pairings"? That would be much harder to say in some other way.
> >
> > I suppose it would if 'ni ce'u broda' counts le broda, but that is not a
> > concept likely to be used often anyway.
>
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> When I asked John Cowan for the canonical example of ni + ce'u, that's
> what he offered. Nobody complained at the time. Perhaps you could re-read
> this entire thread from the beginning of this subject line, and see what
> you disagree with.

I've read this whole thread, and if John said something along the lines 
of ni+ce'u is used for counting the number of objects which fulfill the 
ce'u place, then I didn't reply because I figured I had already stated 
my position or I didn't have a chance or I forgot. My best guess is that 
you are referring to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jboske/message/268, 
which I don't interpret as indicating that John supports ni+ce'u as 
counting objects. I see nothing wrong with his proposal there, but in 
practice I don't think that it is ever necessary to use ni like that 
(with ce'u and with that meaning).

mu'o mi'e .adam.