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Subject: RE: mine, thine, hisn, hern, itsn ourn, yourn and theirn (was[lojban] si'o)
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From: "And Rosta" <a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com>

pc:
> But, of course, {zu'i pe mi} doesn't answer the question, which ask for 
> predicative not attributive possessive (all those -n's). {ta du zu'i pe me} 
> is "That is my whatsis" not "That is mine." 

{ta du da pe mi} would fix that, and would translate English predicative
_mine_. 

> {memimoi}, hideous as it is 
> (though xorxes, as usual, has found a semiplausible wiggle around the 
> ordering part of the problem) at least is in the right category. 

Is mo'e mi moi equally hideous?

--And.