On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:22 AM, tijlan <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:I would have said "ki'u ma" is the most general one, "what is the
>
> The speaker is not questioning a specific why. And, in my opinion, "ni'i" is
> a generic one, encompassing the other whys, like "nu" is to the other NUs.
> The sentence can be rephrased as:
>
> ma nibli lo nu fe'eso'iroi vorme
>
> This "ma" can be answered by either "krinu" or "mukti" or "rinka" or "se
> jalge", depending on what it actually turns out to be.
explanation for ...?", and not "from what can we deduce that ...?"
which is what "ni'i ma" asks. I guess a logical entailment can also
work as an explanation: All Russian-style buildings have many doors.
This is a Russian-style building. Therefore, this building has many
doors. That's the kind of answer provided, so "ni'i ma" is not
ncessarily wrong, but I don't see that reasons, motives and physical
causes can be logical entailments.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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