I like washing the dishes.

[tanbla]

coi rodo

I made a previous post about how to say "I hate washing the dishes" which is {mi xebni lonu lumci lo palta}. However, if I wanted to say "I like washing the dishes" I can't just say {mi nelci lonu lumci lo palta} because {nelci} takes a state/object for x2, right? If so, then how do I say "I like washing the dishes"?

One other thing, how do I say "no, thank you"? Can I just say {na'igo'i .i ki'e}?

ki'e

[Jonathan Jones]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:36 PM, tanbla <azur...@gmail.com> wrote:

coi rodo

I made a previous post about how to say "I hate washing the dishes" which is {mi xebni lonu lumci lo palta}. However, if I wanted to say "I like washing the dishes" I can't just say {mi nelci lonu lumci lo palta} because {nelci} takes a state/object for x2, right? If so, then how do I say "I like washing the dishes"?

You can. It has the same place structure as xebni. (Why one says "object/abstraction" and the other says "object/state" is beyond me, though.)
 

One other thing, how do I say "no, thank you"? Can I just say {na'igo'i .i ki'e}?

I would say {ki'enai}.
 

ki'e

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[ianek]

{ki'enai} sounds more like "thanks for nothing" to me.

mu'o mi'e ianek

On 16 Lip, 20:55, Jonathan Jones <eyeo...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Jonathan Jones]

It means "no thanks", afaiaa.

[MorphemeAddict]

«ki'enai» means 'no thanks to you'. So how do people just say "No thanks" or "No thank you"?

stevo

[selpa'i]

Pretty much almost exactly the way the OP suggested: {na go'i [.i]
ki'e}. "no, thanks" usually follows a question, so just answer that
question with "no", and add a ki'e. You don't want what ever it is they
offered, but you are still thanking them for proposing it.

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

Am 16.07.2012 21:51, schrieb MorphemeAddict:
> �ki'enai� means 'no thanks to you'. So how do people just say "No

> thanks" or "No thank you"?
>
> stevo

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[Pierre Abbat]

On Monday 16 July 2012 16:27:56 selpa'i wrote:
> Pretty much almost exactly the way the OP suggested: {na go'i [.i]
> ki'e}. "no, thanks" usually follows a question, so just answer that
> question with "no", and add a ki'e. You don't want what ever it is they
> offered, but you are still thanking them for proposing it.

Or "aunai ki'e", if it was a "pei" question:
—cakla pei?
—aunai ki'e

mu'omi'e .pier.

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