On 08.07.2006, 23:34, HeliodoR wrote:
> py. goi lo patfu ge'u joi by. goi lo bersa be py. cu zvati lo gusta
> As far as I know {goi} doesn't work like this: it's put after the concrete sumti
> and followed by the assigned letteral. So: <sumti> goi BY.
The CLL 7:5 allows the reverse usage of {goi} assignment, since {goi} is symmetrical.
> B: .a'u doi patfu da jimpe lo du'u de xalbebna kei ta'i ma
> You can express these rather metalinguistic B's and P's easily.
> {by lu [bridi] li'u} is equivalent to "B: [bridi]".
> Moreover, I think You meant {da jimpe lo du'u da xalbebna}, one realizes
> that one is drunk.
> P: xu do viska ta po'u re ninmu .i ganai ta simlu lo ka vomei ninmu kei da gi .e'e da xalbebna
I meant exactly "How one realizes that someone else is drunk". That is supported by further sentences, "See those two women? If they seem as four women for someone, he [competence] is drunk".
> {ta} (I may include an 'AFAIK' again) is normally used for objects near to the
> listener but the speaker not. {tu} is safer.
I agree. {tu} is, of course, what I meant.
> B: .iku'i .ue doi patfu ta du pa ninmu
> :) u'i.
> Why not use {pamei ninmu}?
I agree. {tu pamei ninmu} is shorter and not malglicean like my {du} there :)
mi'e .ianis.