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Jacob Thomas Errington <jake@mail.jerrington.me> writes:

> {mi viska noda} is the same as {mi na viska su'o da}, so if what
> you're saying is true, then we can't know except through context
> whether a statement is affirmative or negative. Instead, use the
> observative {na viska}.
>
> A zo'e-like word (e.g. do'e, xo'e, etc.) shouln't be able to stand for
> something that makes the claim go from affirmative to negative or vice
> versa.

If we use your interpretation, then {mi viska zo'e} could mean {mi viska
lo nanmu} but could not mean {mi viska lo na nanmu}.  It seems, to me,
that {lo na nanmu} would be a perfectly legitimate meaning for {zo'e}.

zo do'e ki'a

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