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Wiki page BPFK Section: Causation sumtcita changed by rlpowell

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>
> > > !! Examples of fau Usage
> > >
> > > Artificial:
> > >
> > > ''.i fau le nu mi sanli binxo kei mi cusku
> le du'u mo'u citka''
> > >
> > > With the event of standing up, I express
> that the eating is over.
> >
> > That would work if {cusku} meant "x1
> expresses x2", but {cusku}
> > means "x1 expresses something with x2",

This is very strange; can someone give me the
history of what would lead someone to say such a
thing. My wordlist clearly has {cusku2} as what
is expressed or said; not whatever the
alternative here claimed is.

> I still don't agree, nor do I find your
> statement to make much
> sense.
>
> > so what you want to say is:
> >
> > mi cusku le nu mi sanli binxo kei fau le nu
> mo'u citka
> >
> > "I express (something) with my standing up,
> the event that eating
> > is over."
>
> That seems totally non-sensical to me. You
> can't express an event.
>
And what here says "in the event of," "if I
should finish eating, I express (something by)
standing up" ???