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Subject:      Re: PLI: "except"
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goran
> > How about a new lujvo for "only", like {pavgri} (from pamei girzu) or
> > {pavykai} or something, with the structure "x1 is the only thing with
> > quality (ka) x2".
> .i ma'a ca'a pilno lu se pamei li'u la'edi'u
> (We can use se pamei for that)
> >  ko'a krici ledu'u la djan. pavgri leka klama
> >  She believes that John is a singleton-of-things-sharing-the-quality-of
> >  going
> ko'a krici ledu'u le'i klama la djan. pamei

How do you do

  She believes that only the men went.

??
{koa krici kuau le,i klama le (suo re) nanmu cu pamei} is clearly wrong.
But {koa krici kuau le,i nanmu cu pavgri leka kea klama} is okay.

coo, mie And