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Re: Names



la xorxes xcusku di'e
> Date:         Fri, 1 Sep 1995 12:19:45 EDT
> Subject:      Re: Names

> la veion cusku di'e

>>   I don't especially like using <cu> as the first component because
>>   it is all too easy to write bridi which don't parse as expected.
>
> Yes, I agree with that. If the first sumti is of the "le broda" type
> it would absorb the supposed predicate, unless a second {cu} is used,
> which doesn't sound very nice. I like your idea of having the name
> first:
>
>>            mi veion zeime'e
>
> but I would prefer to use something other than {me'e}. I don't want
> the predicate to mean "x1 is called 'Veijo'", but rather "x1 is Veijo".
> {me'e} brings out the name aspect too much. Other possibilities
> to consider:
>
>        do veion zeiku
>        do veion zeivau
>        do veion zeizei
>
> Jorge

  How about

         mi veion zeidu


  co'o mi'e veion