Re: whether (was Re: ni, jei, perfectionism)

[JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS <jorge@INTERMEDIA.COM.AR>]

la djan spuda la and noi spuda mi
>> >             la rik zmadu la alis le ka ce'u mitre makau
>> >             Rick exceeds Alice in how much they measure.
>> >
 >> Currently I think that it is glico influence that makes us use
>> Q-kau here. That said, it is the only way to do it if we
>> insist on using {zmadu/frica fi le ka}.
>
>I agree, and suggest that "ni [ce'u] mitre" is the Right Thing.

I don't agree that {ni} works in general. For example:

            li re zmadu li mu le ka li so sumji ce'u makau
            2 is more than 5 in how much you have to add to it to get 9.

How do you do it using {ni}?

co'o mi'e xorxes