| In a message dated 6/8/2001 5:55:11 PM Central Daylight Time,
xod@sixgirls.org writes: I'm not sure I see a noticeable difference between do cinmo le ka badri I'm not sure there is much considered abstractly, but I gather that Lojbab is pointing to a rhetorical difference. It is not possible for me to share your sadness directly, but I can feel it empathetically and express this feeling directly. So, suppose you are in a situation where {uinai mi zvati} would be approriate for you to say. Your empathetic neighbor says {uinaidai do zvati} for you. It is probably not the case that of your neighbor {ko'a badri lenu do zvati} but apparently {ko'a cinmo leka do badri lenu do zvati} does apply (though it means something quite different from either form with {uinai}. |