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Jorge Llamb�as, On 01/09/2012 15:34:
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Jorge Llamb�as<jjllambias@hidden.email> wrote:On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:49 PM, And Rosta<and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:"I wonder who you reckon loves who" -- I think this shows that the wonderee argument is binder of two makau variables. So we need a new C -- h, say -- that binds one or more variables ("h-i-k-a-k-u"?)m the variables interpreted as makaus. And then "bcdu'u" can be considered an abbreviation of "ha bcda".OK, that's good, so your sentence could be: la heki fa lo fo prmeki jnve'eko kcla'aka the (who-E, who-I) of the state of affairs in which (that E loves I you reckon), I wonder. Or perhaps more clearly: la kcla'aka heki fa lo jnve'eko fo prmeki "My wonder is the (who-E, who-I) of your opinion that E loves I"Since all our other binders are binary, I propose to make this one a binary too, say x-, (so xV = hV je, and hV = xV smV). "hake" is equivalent to "ha he", isn't it?
I think so, tho I see this stuff through frosted glass.
And "xake" is "xa sma xe".
"xa nlca'aka sma"/"xa sma nlca'aka" "I like what I like", "Whatever it is that I like, I like it" I withdraw my earlier suggestion about fakiku.
We can also turn them into expressive performatives, "I hereby express that what I wonder about is as to..." ca lo fo la kcla'aka fa xe tcke li kncrti cfrike jrca'ako Hereby, that what I wonder about is as to what time the concert starts at, I express. Or reversing: ca lo jrca'ako fo la kcla'aka fa xe tcke li kncrti cfrike Hereby what I express is that what I wonder about is as to what time the concert starts at.
I was going to ask why you weren't using "I hereby enquire", but that's obviated by this:
And "ca lo jrca'ako fo la kcla'aka fa" is something we want to assign to a cV illocutionary, say "ca'u": ca'u xe tcke li kncrti cfrike At what time does the concert start?
Good. And this?: "ca'u xi smi la xtntcsaki fa su smu crvu" To what extent is it the case that it's raining? Is it raining? --And.