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Wiki page BPFK Section: Grammatical Pro-sumti changed

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> > > lo cmene be zi'o cu zvati je jundi do ''A name (regardless of
> > > whether some thing is actually being named or not) is attending
> > > and attentive to you.''
> >
> > What can that mean?! How can a name be attending, much less
> > attentive?
>
> I have no idea; I was short on zi'o examples. Replaced.

Later I thought it might mean that there's a name waiting for you,
say when you are being born, the name is already there (but it is
not yet {lo cmene be do} so zi'o is right), and it's paying attention
to your arrival so as to cmene you as soon as it can.

> > The complexity of other potential sumti that could be used to
> > refer to those same things is also not relevant.
>
> Yes, but I wanted to make the point clearly regardless.
>
> Do you have a serious problem with the inclusion of these statements?
> They are intended for clarification.

I don't understand what is it that they clarify. I think they
detract from the definition, but I'm noy changing my vote because
of them if that's what you mean by serious.

> > > ;zu'i (KOhA7): Typical it. zu'i is a pro-sumti (meaning
> > > it takes the place of a fully-specified sumti). zu'i
> > > represents some value that is typical for the bridi place it
> > > fills.
> >
> > I don't think this really makes much sense, but I don't have a
> > better proposal for {zu'i}.
>
> Neither do I.

I wonder if I can now go and redefine {lo'e} and {le'e} as:

lo'e broda = zo'e noi zu'i no'u ke'a broda
le'e broda = zo'e noi mi do ke'a skicu lo ka zu'i no'u ce'u broda

mu'o mi'e xorxes




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