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wrote:
>
> --- Rob Speer wrote:
> > 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,
Actually, no; {zo'e} doesn't refer to anything
(does the place gap in {mi dunda fi la djan}
refer to the box?) {zo'e} says there is no need
to specify what fills this place, but saying that
cleatly does not say what is filling this place.