On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Michael Turniansky
<mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
As to some of your other questions. I have no problem with panel 31 using barda fi, although I do agree that "bramau" would be "more correct".
Yes, it would. My reason for choosing
barda are entirely out of a desire for simplicity in the words
presented, and barda is simpler than bramau. I wouldn't use the phrase "more correct", though. barda is still "correct", it's just that bramau is a "better choice".
If you don't believe that you can own a pet, that's okay, that just means "la clalis ponse lo mlatu na'e bo la aionys" :-)
(in any case, you're okay here, because "se dalpe'o" works, too.
--gejyspa
I think the relationship between a pet and it's caretaker is a unique
bond that has similarities to the relationship between a person and his
friends, and boss and her subordinates, and a person and his property,
but is not truly the same as any of these. But that's not really
important, as it's a philosophical opinion and we're discussing grammar.