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J. Scott Jewell wrote:
> On 7/22/05, *Hal Fulton* <hal9000@hypermetrics.com 
> <mailto:hal9000@hypermetrics.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Jorge Llambías wrote:
>      >
>      > Maybe something like:
>      >
>      >            |
>      >      batci | (fa) le gerku | (fe) le nanmu | (fi) (zo'e) | (fo)
>     (zo'e)
>      > | va (zo'e)
>      >      ---------------------------------------------
>      >            |
>      >            cu
>      >
>      >
>      > What {va} does here is add an unnumbered place to the
>      > place structure of {batci}.
>      >
> 
>     Really. I thought I was saying "The dog bit that man over there."
>     How would I say that then?
> 
> 
>     Hal
> 
> 
>  >From what I can tell, {le gerku cu batci le nanmu va} says something 
> like "The dog bit the man, some distance away from here," while {le 
> gerku cu batci le va nanmu} comes to "The dog bit the somewhat-distant man."
>  
> Although, maybe everyone involved in the discussion already had that in 
> mind, and I'm just spouting irrelevant information.

Not irrelevant at all. I'm as confused as a clone on Father's Day.

Robin or someone, can you explain?


Hal