soi with one sumti assumes that the most recent sumti is the reciprical sumti.
E.g. ti broda ta soi ti = ti broda ta soi ta ti
On Mar 24, 2011 9:02 AM, "Pierre Abbat" <
phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Thursday 24 March 2011 08:11:50 ranoritc wrote:
>> go'i .i uinaiku'i zo ti fanza zoi gy this thing gy na roroi soi .i
>> la'e zoi gy CLL gy cusku zoi gy The cmavo ``ti'', ``ta'', and ``tu''
>> provide only the pointing function of ``this'' and ``that''; they are
>> not used to refer to things that cannot be pointed at. gy .i la'e de'u
>> simsa lonu cusku bau glibau zoi gy this object composed on my Android
>> gy
>
> Do you mean "fanza" or "fanva"? Neither makes sense: you can't annoy character
> strings, and words can't translate.
>
>> PS note: Does "na soi" or even riskier "na roroi soi" work?
>
> "soi" followed by two sumti means that the sentence remains true when the two
> sumti are exchanged. "soi" followed by one sumti is grammatical, but I don't
> know what it means. "soi" without a sumti following is ungrammatical.
>
> Pierre
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