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Re: mukti / djica



What exactly is the difference between mukti and djica? To make
the comparison easier let me re-order their argument places thus:

djica:    x3 is the purpose for which x1 wants that x2 happen.
mukti:   x1 is the motive which drives x3 to make x2 happen.

The one difference that I seem to find at first sight is that {le djica}
may or may not take part in {le se djica} event while {le te mukti}
must take part in {le se mukti}. Is this really so, or am I restricting
the use of mukti too much? We can say:

   mi djica le nu do klama le zarci kei le nu do te vecnu loi plise
   I want that you go to the market to buy some apples.

But can we say:

   le nu do te vecnu loi plise cu mukti le nu do klama le zarci kei mi
   Your buying some apples motivates your going to the market
   as wanted by me.

If the second one makes sense, then I don't really see the difference
between djica and mukti, except for the trivial one about the order
of the arguments. Is there a significant difference between purpose
and motive? Is it a matter of tense, the motive having to occur
before and the purpose after?  If so, why do we need two words,
can't we just use the tenses to show the sequence?

co'o mi'e xorxes