From: John Cowan <cowan>
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Subject: Re: kau
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 18:57:21 -0500 (EST)
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la .and. cusku di'e

> I infer that {ge`e} is a BAI question word

No, it is the neutral UI: vague emotion.

> > As focus marker I would use {ba'e}:
> > It is not very clear to me why {ba'e} couldn't just have been a UI,
> > and thus spare yet another selmaho, but that's another story.
> 
> Then ba`e would have had to follow the word it marks, rather than
> precede it. Maybe that was a factor.

Probably.

> Anyway, ba`e means "new info", which is not the same as focus.

No, it just means "emphasis".  You are thinking of "bi'u", which is
a UI and follows, and means "new info".


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