On Dec 21, 2007 11:30 AM, Vid Sintef <
picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
> > She is characteristically a funny person.
> > ko'a sekai xajmi prenu / ko'a kai xajmi prenu
>
> No. This doesn't work. sekai/kai is a modal. It says that she
> (characterized/ or characterized by something unspecified) is a f unny
> person. You want ko'a ckaji lo ka ce'u xajmi prenu (she is characterized by
> the property of her being a funny person).
>
> --gejyspa
What if it's her who characterizes the very property of being a funny
person, that is, she is funny in a way that is characteristic to her?
How about {ko'a kai ri xajmi prenu}?
That still doesn't work the way you want it to. Now it means "She, characterizing she, is a funny person." Rememeber that a BAI cmavo like "kai" is going to take at most one sumti following it. Let me ask a clarifying question, are you are trying to say that she is the epitome/embodiment of being a funny person (which is not what you asked before ("she is a characteristically funny person)") , or that her brand of humor is quirky, that what might be funny to her might not be funny to someone else ("she has an odd sense of humor")?
--gejyspa