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Wiki page BPFK Section: Grammatical Pro-sumti changed

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> Here's how I think of zu'i:
>
> mi broda zo'e = mi broda lo se broda
> mi broda zu'i = mi broda le se broda

That's an interesting idea. It doesn't seem to have anything
to do with typicality, but that's a good thing. So how would
it work?

do punji le tanxe ma
Where did you put the box?

mi dunda zu'i la djan
I gave *it* to John.

as opposed to:

mi dunda zo'e la djan
mi dunda fi la djan
I gave to John.

In this last one, zo'e can still refer to the box, but {zu'i}
emphasizes that what I gave to John is something that I have
in mind. Is that right?

mu'o mi'e xorxes




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