Re: Mandarin Relative Clauses?

----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Christopherson <raccoon@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: Mandarin Relative Clauses?


> On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 09:52:03PM -0000, Dan Jones wrote:
> > Marcus Smith wrote:
> > > Translate thefollowing sentences:
> > >
> > > I have a red and white car.
> >
> > Jeu ai una veitora roiça e una blanca.
>
> I don't know the ins and outs of your lang, but wouldn't that mean "I have
a
> red car and [also] a white one" (i.e. two separate cars, one red and one
> white)?
Yes. Bugger. For "I have a red and white car", delete the second "una": Jeu
ai una veitora roiça e blanca.

Dan

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> Eric Christopherson / *Aiworegs Ghristobhorosyo
>
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