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Xorxes uses {ce'u} within {poi'i} bridi, but I prefer {ke'a}.
This is because (i) in {poi'i} bridi (as also in NOI bridi),
one particular sumti is privileged and 'bound' to x1 of
poi'i, and (ii) in {ce'u broda ce'u}, the two ce'u are not
cobound, while in {ke'a broda ke'a} the two ke'a are
cobound.
Which reminds me, so-called "bound ka" privileges one particular
sumti too, and binds it to a higher sumti. So the logic of the
previous paragraph is that where a sumti can only be a single-
ce'u ka (= property) and not a many-ce'u ka (= relation), and
when the ce'u is bound to a sister sumti of the ka sumti, then
{ke'a} should be used instead of {ce'u}.
So arguably:
la djan frica la meris lo'edu'u ke'a dunda fi makau
John differs from Mary in who they give to.
or even
la djan frica la meris lo'edu'u ke'a dunda fi ce'u
John differs from Mary in who they give to.
I'm conscious that people other than Xorxes might not get
what I'm on about here, but fatigue prevents me from essaying
a longer explantion tonight -- but I will do so another day
if asked.
--And.