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> Can we say for example: > le du'u le xirma cu bajra cu mutce le ka ce'u jetnu > That the horse is running is much in truth. > >>
> Whoa (I like this figure, obviously)! The example is not a function but > a comment. The function is {mutce bajra} (probably {mutce le ka
bajra})
> which has a systematically modified version of the truth curve
for {bajra}
> but is a new predicate.
But that seems to be a function of the runner rather than about the
running,
or of the running focused on the runner. I think it has to be {le du'u
bajra cu
mutce} or {le nu bajra cu mutce}, not {le bajra cu mutce}. Supposedly
the
function will change a broda into another predicate with the same
argument
places as broda, so it is not obvious how to do it with a
selbri.
> "Much in truth" seems to be the comment "The horse is running
(this is very
> true)" [would {sei} do to set this aside, if you wanted a sentence
rather than
> just a tag like {ja'acai}?]
I guess it would, though we don't have much established lore on {sei}
yet.
> As for {va'e}, it probably has roles to play in both {jei} and {ni}, and, in the > former case, also in those complex comments.
What would you say is the relationship between {piso'iva'e} and
{mutce}, if
any? Does {so'iva'e} make any sense?
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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