Subject: Re: [lojban] le te renvi pe la maikl

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 03:16:21 GMT

la xod cusku di'e

>"ma nanca" = "How many years?" which can apply to duration of
>anything.

Right, just like {renvi}}. The difference is that {te renvi}
is duration against or in spite of an opposition, {se renvi}.

>"te renvi" doesn't leave the subject to context but expressly
>says "how long have you lived for?"

I don't see how you figure that out. {renvi} is no more
specifically about the duration of life than {nanca} is,
as far as I can tell.

> > i do ka'e spuda lu tu'a li 33 li'u i ku'i lu renvi fi li 33 li'u
> > na drani
>
>na drani ni'i ma .i ro jimpe le te merli

i se jimpe na nibli le cu drani
i pe'i di'u se jimpe i ku'i li'a na drani

co'o mi'e xorxes

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