1. How would you mark a {ko} that's an order? I use {e'o} for
requests. For "You must do this!" I've been using {ga'i}, but it's
a tad unsatisfying.
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In particular, is there a difference between (1) and (2), and if so, what is it?
(1) .i .e'o do mi sidju
"Please help me."
(2) .i .e'o ko mi sidju
"Please help me.
In particular, is there a difference between (1) and (2), and if so, what is it?
(1) .i .e'o do mi sidju
"Please help me."
(2) .i .e'o ko mi sidju
"Please help me.Yes, there is a difference, but it's the sort that probably won't matter outside of poetry or literary analysis. As you say, the latter is more direct.
To take another example, contrast {.e'o ko cliva} with {.e'o do cliva}: in the latter, I might be more aware of (and maybe more interested in) the possibility that a bouncer would throw you out.
MorphemAddict: Imperative refers to a grammatical construct which carries the pragmatics that the listener do something; command refers to any statement that has such pragmatics and is also given from a (presumed) position of power.
"Close the window." is an imperative but may or may not be a command; "Please close the window." is an imperative but probably not a command; "You'd better close the window now!" is a command but not an imperative.
Reading the BPFK definition of {e'i} here, I feel like {.e'i do na broda} would translate to "You must not do {broda}", while {e'i ko na broda} would translate to "Don't {broda}". If this understanding is right, then there's no problem expressing what gleki wants, and selpa'i is subtly wrong. If I'm wrong, could someone point me to an explanation of why?
la gleki cu cusku di'e
> What I do want is to know how to say
> 1. Don't eat! (not necessarily in a command voice)
�lu ko na citka li'u�
> 2. You have to eat.
ma smuni zoi gy. have to .gy
.i �lu do bilga lo nu citka li'u�
.a �lu do nitcu lo nu citka li'u�
.a �lu sarcu fa lo nu do citka li'u�
.a lo drata
> 3. You should eat.
�lu .ei do citka li'u�
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 06:42:00PM +0200, selpa'i wrote:
> la .camgusmis. cu cusku di'e
> >1. How would you mark a {ko} that's an order? I use {e'o} for
> >requests. For "You must do this!" I've been using {ga'i}, but
> >it's a tad unsatisfying.
>
> The currently proposed BPFK meaning for {.e'i} is just that.
> {.e'i} becomes an irrealis attitudinal marking a command/order.
> Although this may seem like a big change to definition of the
> word, it seems to be the only way to express orders of this kind,
> so:
>
> {.e'i do na broda}
>
> I'm not sure I am 100% behind this definition, but the above
> argument speaks for it.
Given the incredibly tiny usage of {.e'i} according to the corpus
application (250 uses on IRC, and essentially none elsewhere,
especially if you ignore xorxes' usages since this was his
tinkering), I've decided that my household dialect will, in fact,
use {.e'i} as a command imperative.
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.arpis. wrote:
> Are constraint (e'i) and obligation (ei) such different concepts that we
> want two separate short words for them, especially at the expense of
> having a short way to be explicit about commands?
la gleki cu cusku di'e
> I just wanted to say "I had to create certain corrections in order to
> fulfill the task"
pe'i zo nitcu prane lo ka mapti
then tell me how can i differentiate between "I had to/was under constraint/was forced to do that" and "I should do that" and "I should have done that".
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:03 AM, la gleki <gleki.is...@gmail.com> wrote:then tell me how can i differentiate between "I had to/was under constraint/was forced to do that" and "I should do that" and "I should have done that".PU se bapli lonu mi ...mi PU bilga ...
?
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On Friday, May 3, 2013 11:11:37 AM UTC+4, aionys wrote:On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:03 AM, la gleki <gleki.is...@gmail.com> wrote:then tell me how can i differentiate between "I had to/was under constraint/was forced to do that" and "I should do that" and "I should have done that".PU se bapli lonu mi ...mi PU bilga ...li'a i ku'i mi nitcu lo cmavo be zo ui