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Re: negated nitcu



In message <874289225.1417994.0@listserv.cuny.edu> shoulson@CS.COLUMBIA.EDU
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> The other negation, in "I don't need a dinosaur to eat me up," is a bit
> different.  It's not so much that I can get it done without the dinosaur,
> but that I don't need to get eaten up, period.  The negation is more on the
> necessity of the action in the first place.
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> How about the second?  It likely is best translated with a different selbri
> than nitcu, eh?  Or is there a negation that makes sense for it?  Hmm.
> What about "na'e nitcu"?

Isn't this {mi na nitcu lenu le resprdainysar mi citka}?
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