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la pycyn cusku di'e
The version I was playing with, tentatively, would make "habitually" applydirectly to individuals (the only things that can have habits, I suppose) and"typically" to masses.
The problem is that {ta'e} and {na'o} don't apply to sumti,
they modify the whole bridi. Which mass or individual would
be the one that has the habit or is typical? There could be
a mass in x1 and an individual in x2 for example. We can only
talk of typical or habitual events, and events don't really
have habits. If I say {la djan ta'e stali le xelso},
"habitually, John stays in Greece", it is as much a habit of
Greece as it is a habit of John. This event can happen
habitually in an interval, if it repeats often enough. But
in what other sense could it happen typically? Should we
compare with all the people who stay in Greece, with all the
places where John stays? With all stays of any people in any
place?
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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