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Re: [jboske] unresolved debates



Jorge Llambias scripsit:

> la djan cusku di'e
> 
> > > Or is there any difference?
> >
> >Well, obviously, the first time you eat lichi, you go from being a 
> >potential
> >lichi-eater to an actual lichi-eater.  The na'e first time, you don't.
> 
> So you go from nu'o to ca'a. Where does pu'i come into it?

A pu'i claim is that at the time (PU) expressed by the rest of the tense,
the potential was in a fulfilled status.

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