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la and cusku di'e
> D. ME is equivalent to {BRODA be}. [Uncontroversial.]
>
> E. PA LE is equivalent to {PA da poi ke'a ME (tu'o) LE}, with ME glorked.
>
> The attraction of this is:
> (a) the equivalences are perhaps a little more simple & natural,
> (b) the redundant selmaho LAhE is not used,
> (c) the recursiveness of the equivalences is avoided,
> (d) underlyingly, only da can be bound by a quantifier (i.e. the
> equivalences take us closer to the underlying logic).
Why not define PA LE as {PA da poi ke'a BRODA (tu'o) LE}, with
BRODA glorked (from a certain set of choices?)?
LAhE and/or ME will then be convenient short forms, but need not
be involved in the definition, and the decisions about them can be
kept separate from the basic gadri system.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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