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Re: [jboske] a quick note on poi'i, ce'u, ke'a,



Adam Raizen scripsit:

> Thus 'ka ce'u prami ce'u' would be (according to the current standard)
> the relationship of loving, whereas 'ka le nu ke'a tatpi cu fanza
> ke'a' would bind the ke'a to a single variable and mean 'the property
> of being annoyed by the fact that one is tired'.

ke'a is meant to be for relative clauses, and should not IMHO be used
in abstraction bridi.  If you need to repeat a variable, bind it to
ko'a and use that.

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