"will", "le mi..."

["Lee Daniel Crocker (none)" <lcrocker@MERCURY.COLOSSUS.NET>]

(1) "will"

I think Rick is right that a new lujvo is useful here, so
I propose {sezmu'i} "self-motive": agent x1 is self-motivated
to perform action x2; x1 wants to do x2.

That will make it much easier to do simple things like asking
"So what do you want to do?" {do sezmu'i ma}, which is more
specific than "What do you desire?" and doesn't have {mukti}'s
problem of a possibly external motivation.  It also gives some
simpler ways of saying "Do as thou wilt": {ko gasnu le se
sezmu'i be do} and things like "I don't know what he wants to
do" {mi na djuno le du'u ko'a sezmu'i makau}, and others.

(2) "le mi karce"

I was all prepared to explain why {le do djica} is not
"what you desire" but "the desirer(s) associated with you",
but I can't find in the refgram the explanation of the
shortcut-possesives like {le mi karce}, etc. (though that
particular example occurs in the chapter on relative clauses,
while explaining something else).  I know I've seen those
explained, but I just can't find it.

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