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la xod cusku di'e
> The point is to give it its meaning using position rather than
> explicitness, just like is done with da sometimes. Your question should
> be: why not just use da?
When you use "da" you don't refer to anything. If someone says
"da blanu", "something is blue", your answer will be "of course,
lots of things are blue". But if someone says "ko'a blanu",
"it is blue", your answer would be "what is blue?", "ko'a ki'a".
With "ko'a", unlike with "da", you are _referring_ to something,
not just making an existential claim.
Perhaps {zo'e} is ambiguous between {ko'a} and {da}.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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