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Jorge Llambias scripsit:
> Sometimes we do need counting with the collective sense:
> {oi mi na ka'e bevri lei bi birje}, "I can't carry the 8 beers!"
> I could carry each of them, but not the eight as a whole.
Yes, certainly, inside quantification is not an issue: it can appear
in any of the various gadri.
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