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What if... instead of introducing foretrees and aftertrees, we were to make he and hi full-fledged formulas (somewhat like Lojban's selma'o GOhA)? Something like: sentence := formula | CA # formula | WA formula := HA | CCA | NA # formula | LA # formula # formula # := (CA # formula | WA)* Full-fledged he/hi would not be exactly equivalent to fore/after-tree he/hi, but for basic cases they would work in the same way. The formula they stand for would have to be the one from the following/preceding sentence (not including the illocutionary operator), so we could say things like: cu xgja'a? ci hi! Am I hungry? I am! as well as things like: je la mlta he la grka na he le fnpe nlcake The cat does and the dog doesn't, like fish. And perhaps: mlta je sa hi he na ra hi he xkra Cats, some are but not all are, black. Thoughts? co ma'a xrxe