Re: all the chinese whispers

[Iain Alexander <ia@stryx.demon.co.uk>]

In message <9511121416.aa29880@punt-4.mail.demon.net> ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK writes:
> Iain:
> > > > > 6. Iain:
> > ...
> > > > >   .i mi certu le nu troci lenu jai zdile lo'e prenu poi gasnu da
> > > > I didn't understand the {jai} there.
> > > Nor me. Baffling.
> > Well, my gimste says the x1 of {zdile} is an event:
> > zdile     zdi      amusing              'amused'
> > x1 (abstract) is amusing/entertaining to x2 in property/aspect x3;
> > so I was just being pedantic zo'o.
>
> Are you sure you mean {jai}? It ought to be followed by a sumtcita
> (I think).

Naked {jai} was introduced a long time ago as a sort of inverse
of {tu'a}.

        x1 jai broda x2 x3 ...
        tu'a x1 broda x2 x3 ...

but there's also an extra {fai} place for the original event
in broda's x1.

        x1 jai broda x2 x3 ... fai xf
        xf po'u lenu x1 co'e cu broda x2 x3 ...

ki'ape'i
co'o mi'e .i,n.
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Iain Alexander                    ia@stryx.demon.co.uk
                    I.Alexander@bra0125.wins.icl.co.uk