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la .camgusmis. cu cusku di'e
> 1.  How would you mark a {ko} that's an order?  I use {e'o} for
> requests.  For "You must do this!" I've been using {ga'i}, but it's
> a tad unsatisfying.

The currently proposed BPFK meaning for {.e'i} is just that. {.e'i} 
becomes an irrealis attitudinal marking a command/order. Although this 
may seem like a big change to definition of the word, it seems to be the 
only way to express orders of this kind, so:

{.e'i do na broda}

I'm not sure I am 100% behind this definition, but the above argument 
speaks for it. This is also why I approve of the new {.e'e} definition. 
(I also never found the old definition very useful.)

> 2.  How would you say "that's right!" or "you're right!", i.e. when
> the kid brings me the object I've asked for?  I use {i'e} for lots
> of situations like that, but that doesn't convey correctness
> particularily.  Is {drani} OK here?  I'm not clear on what can do in
> the x1.

{drani} is very flexible, thanks to the x2.

{.i'e do drani} is certainly fine. "You are correct in that you picked 
the right object/what object you picked."

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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