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RE: [jboske] putative tense scope effects (was: RE: ConcreteexamplesofLlambanlo'e




la and cusku di'e

> Have I succeeded in confusing you even more?

No. I understand everything bar you saying that xod took it to
mean what you say he did! I thought xod took them both to mean
what you now say they both mean!

This all started when I wrote {la djan darxi lo'e nanmu ze'a
le jeftu} and xod said that he could say the same thing using
{lo}.

Well never mind, I agree with you about what everything should mean
and how each meaning can be expressed.

If you want to say "All over London, there are people homeless",
would you have to say:

  fe'e ro roi lai london da ge prenu gi na se zdani de

?

Yes, if you want to be precise. I also might say:

    ve'a la london lo'e prenu cu claxu lo'e zdani

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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