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On 26 May 2015, at 22:57, Jorge Llamb=C3=ADas <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> w=
rote:
>=20
> What ends a sei-clause? Or, what ends a sei-clause when the interpolation=
 comes in the middle of one sentence? =E2=80=9CGive me,=E2=80=9D John said,=
 =E2=80=9Ca reason to go home."
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> The terminator for "sei" is "se'u", but it is very often elidible.

Well, it=E2=80=99s YOUR language, guys, but that pretty much defeats the pr=
edictability of the system. If you have sei/se=E2=80=99u alongside lu/li=E2=
=80=99u, why can on be elided but the other not?

Some sort of normal typography would yield:

Ni=E2=80=99o lu =C2=ABUo,=C2=BB sei la Alis cu pensi =C2=ABmi ba lo nu farl=
u tai ti cu ba na xanka lo nu farlu fo lo serti=C2=BB li'u.=20

>  Is the position of a closing em-dash predictable?
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> Yes, but you need to parse the sentence.

Then it=E2=80=99s not predictable.=20

> The most common case is right after a selbri, usually "cusku":  --sei X c=
usku=E2=80=94

I=E2=80=99ve seen that, yes.=20

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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