On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Tom Gysel
<to_mu1975@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Since 'le' carries the requirement of having a specific thing in mind, and 'lo' has to refer to something which really fits the description, which gadri (or any other solution) would we use for ' a dog' in the sentence: ' a dog attacked me last night'? (bearing in mind that it was dark and so maybe it was a dog, or a wolf, or any other doglike creature.) |
This might be a good time to point out that {gerku} is not limited to Canis lupus familiaris, but rather refers generally to canines. So you wouldn't necessarily need to qualify any further in this instance. That being said, something like {lo gerku la'a sai ca lo prulamcte cu gunta mi} would probably do the trick. Then again, the better option might be {le gerku ...}, because you are describing it as a dog, and are not 100% certain.
mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan