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From: Don Wiggins <dwiggins@BFSEC.BT.CO.UK>
Subject:      PLI: evidentials in reported speech
To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
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How does one write reported speech that originally contained an evidential:

    .i ko'a cusku lu .i  pe'i    fo'a   ca'o   klama   lo  zarci li'u
        He   said  " I-opine-that she is-still going to-the shop.  "

Is this equivalent to:

    .i ko'a cusku lesedu'u   pe'idai     fo'a   ca'o   klama   lo  zarci
         He  said   that other-opine-that she is-still going to-the shop.

    .i ko'a pe'idai cusku lesedu'u fo'a ca'o klama lo zarci
      He<-opinion-of said...

.i pe'ipei