Re: Noun Cases
| From: | takatunu <takatunu@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 2, 2004, 6:30 |
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John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
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The distinction, when it is made (not always), is that "why?" asks for the
material cause of something, but "wherefore?" asks for the final cause:
the purpose or justification.
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After trying to tag each such "case" in my language I eventually decided to
call them by their name:
i polita (nai) tokalo?---@ cause (that's) what?---why?
i sikala (nai) tokalo?---@ goal (that's) what?---what for?
i sanilo (nai) tokalo?---@ reason (that's) what?---for what reason?
i kolini (nai) tokalo?---@ justification (that's) what?---with what
justification?
i kamisa (nai) tokalo?---@ manner (that's) what?---in what way? How?
i tikini (nai) tokalo?---@ scheme (that's) what?---according to what scheme
(in mind)?
i kotami (nai) tokalo?---@ instrument (that's) what?---with what instrument?
How?
i talami (nai) tokalo?---@ place (that's) what?---where?
i kotona (nai) tokalo?---@ direction (that's) what?---to where?
etc.
µ.
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