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Robin's gadri Proposal

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> On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 12:11:44PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > Robin Lee Powell:
> > > I don't think there is any functional difference between zo'e noi
> > > and su'o zo'e noi. I'm willing to change my mind on that, though.
> >
> > Consider an example.
> >
> > xu do pu klama le zarci
> >
> > Did you go to the market(s)?
> >
> > A) mi ja'a pu klama zo'e
> > I did go (to the place(s) obvious from context).
> >
> > B-) mi ja'a pu klama su'o zo'e
> > I did go to at least one of (the place(s) obvious from context).
> >
> > C) mi ja'a pu klama su'o da
> > I did go to at least some place.
> >
> > I would say they are all functionally different answers.
>
> I don't see that at all; "mi ja'a pu klama zo'e" implies "mi ja'a pu
> klama su'o zo'e" in my universe. Unless you're holding open the
> possibility that the person didn't go anywhere in the first case?

A implies B and they both imply C. But the implications don't work
the other way, therefore they are functionally different.

mu'o mi'e xorxes





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