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For example, if a wife returns home after watching a play, she might have this conversation with her husband:<br> | For example, if a wife returns home after watching a play, she might have this conversation with her husband:<br> | ||
W: '''coi''' "Hello."<br> | W: '''coi''' "Hello."<br> | ||
H: '''coi .i xu do nelci le draci''' "Hi. Did you like the play? (that you just watched)<br> | H: '''coi .i xu do nelci le draci''' "Hi. Did you like the play? (that you just watched)<br> | ||
W: '''na go'i uinai''' "No. *sadness*" | |||
W: '''na' | |||
==lo'e== | ==lo'e== | ||
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H: '''ue .i xunai do nelci lo'e draci''' "Eh? Don't you like plays? (plays in general)"<br> | H: '''ue .i xunai do nelci lo'e draci''' "Eh? Don't you like plays? (plays in general)"<br> | ||
W: '''je'a''' "Yes (I do like plays; '''xunai''' only makes the question rhetorically negative, and does not change the expected answer)"<br> | W: '''je'a''' "Yes (I do like plays; '''xunai''' only makes the question rhetorically negative, and does not change the expected answer)"<br> | ||
H: '''je'e''' "OK | H: '''je'e''' "OK. (Understood / Roger)"<br> | ||
Revision as of 08:59, 3 June 2015
The following describes my personal thoughts on how gadri ("articles") should be used.
le
Definite article. le broda = the broda that I have in mind.
For example, if a wife returns home after watching a play, she might have this conversation with her husband:
W: coi "Hello."
H: coi .i xu do nelci le draci "Hi. Did you like the play? (that you just watched)
W: na go'i uinai "No. *sadness*"
lo'e
Indefinite / archetypical article. lo'e broda = brodas in general, as a concept.
H: ue .i xunai do nelci lo'e draci "Eh? Don't you like plays? (plays in general)"
W: je'a "Yes (I do like plays; xunai only makes the question rhetorically negative, and does not change the expected answer)"
H: je'e "OK. (Understood / Roger)"