Re: PLI: "except"

[ucleaar <ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK>]

Goran to Xorx:
> > That is important not only to the Irish.
> > (Important to the Irish and to others as well, the unexpected part
> > being that it is important to the others.)
> .i la'edi'u vajni lo po'onai .ue se gugdrneire

i lae diu vajni loi ge jea gi nae ue se guerxibernia
i ge suo gi na ku ue ro da vuo poi lae diu vajni kea se guerxibernia

> > That is important even to the Irish.
> > (Important to the Irish and to others as well, the unexpected part
> > being that it is important to the Irish.)
> .i la'edi'u vajni lo .ue se gugdrneire ji'a

i lae diu vajni loi ge nae gi jea ue se guerxibernia
i ge na ku ue ro gi suo da vuo poi lae diu vajni kea se guerxibernia

> > "Only" and "except" seem to be more basic, "only" giving the
> > only one that does, and "except" the only one that doesn't.
> .ie .iku'i mi ca'o krici ledu'u la'ezoi gy. except .gy. na smuni lu
> po'onai li'u

I agree.

coo, mie And