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Posted by rlpowell on Tue 29 of Mar, 2005 02:50 GMT posts: 14214

On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 06:18:28PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > Examples of te cu'u Usage
> >
> > mi tcidu lo pemci te cu'u le lanzu be mi
> > "I read the poem for my family."
>
> I would take that to be "I read the poem, they tell my family",
> from {le lanxu be mi cu te cusku lo se du'u mi tcidu lo pemci}.

I don't respect this transformation.

te cu'u is pretty clearly "with audience", IMO. The ma'oste says
"as told to", which is quite different from what you have.

You're turning the main bridi into something that is textually
represented in some other event. I'm not OK with that.

-Robin

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