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On 4/26/05, Opi Lauma <opi_lauma@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is it right that {mi vecnu ti xu ta}, implies that {mi
> vecnu zo'e ta} is thru and I just want to know what is
> {zo'e}, or more precisely I even have a supposition
> about {zo'e}, I think that (it is/may be) {ti}?

mi vecnu ti ta
I sell this one to that one.

xu mi vecnu ti ta
Do I sell this one to that one?

mi vecnu ti xu ta
Do I sell THIS ONE to that one?

mi vecnu ti ta xu
Do I sell this one to THAT ONE?

mi xu vecnu ti ta
Do *I* sell this one to that one?

mi vecnu xu ti ta
Do I SELL this one to that one?

{xu} always asks for a yes/no answer. The position of xu 
serves to focus on one element which is the one that
needs confirmation. To ask what is it that I sell, you'd
need another question:

mi vecnu ma ta
What do I sell to that one?

mi vecnu ti noi mo ku'o ta
What is this which I sell to that one?

mu'o mi'e xorxes