Re: [lojban-beginners] ma poi / noi ...

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Thursday 10 February 2011 16:28:49 tijlan wrote:
> Which one is better for the interrogative "which ....": "poi" or
> "noi"? For example:
>
> Which car do you use?
> do pilno ma ___ karce

"poi". "do pilno ma noi karce" I can answer with anything that I use, but if 
it's not a car, you asked the question wrong. "lo karce poi mo" and "lo karce 
po'u ma" and "lo mo karce" are also good; the answers to "mo" will be 
different from those to "ma". "lo ma karce" is "Whose car?".

Pierre

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