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mi pu cusku di'e

> > Unspecified sumti are quantified in an unspecified way.
> > ...
> > Since unspecified sumti have vague quantifiers,
> > it doesn't matter where they go.

la .i,n cusku di'e

> At first I didn't know _what_ to make of the former statement,
> until I realised that there are two obvious candidates,
> existential and universal quantification,
> and it could just be ambiguous which is intended.
> Then I re-read 
[remainder of message lost? - Robin Lee Powell - Feb 2010]