Simply because {la djan kau} is arguably= never correct, {kau} can never "replace" {ba'e}. {kau} has a particular us= e, namely to mark indirect *questions*. {kau} on anything but a question is= weird, at best, and complete nonsense, at worst.

{ba'e} on the other hand marks emphasis. Emphasis and indire= ct questions are two separate ideas.

{.i mi = djuno lo du'u xukau la djan ba'e broda} "I know whether John brodas (and no= t whether he does/is some other selbri)"

{.i mi djuno lo du'u ba'e xu kau la djan ba'e broda} "I know *whether*= John brodas (and not if it pertains to some other indirect question)"

The thing about {makau} is that it's somewhat referent= less, like {da}, and it's best to think about {[question]-kau} constructs a= s being single items of the [question]'s selma'o.

As for "replacing kau with ba'e", I must say that repla= cing *incorrect* usage of {kau}, such as {la djan kau}, with {ba'e}, in the= form of {ba'e la djan} is a very excellent solution.

So is it something that needs to be fixed in this chapter = of the CLL?

.i mi'e la tsani mu'o

On 30 September 2012 04:48, la gleki <g= leki.is...@gmail.com> wrote:

It was previously mentioned that <= /div>
{.i ko'a broda xu =3D .i xu ko'a ba'e broda}

The example

http://dag.github.com/cll/11/8/

8.4) mi djuno le du'u
&nb= sp; la djan. kau pu
&nbs= p; klama le zarci
= I know the predication-of/fact-that
&= nbsp; John [indirect question] [past]

going to= the store.
I know who went to the sto= re, namely John.
I know that it was Jo= hn who went to the store.

is rather i= nteresting.

It shows the shift of focus to {la djan.}

The= n why not use {kau} instead of {ba'e} all the time?
{mi kau djuno= le du'u la djan. kau pu klama lo zarci} ?
If you need arrange fo= ci by their strength you can always say

{mi kausai djuno le du'u la djan. kau pu klama lo zarci= }.

So my question is:
in what cases {ba'= e} is irreplaceable?

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