Date:  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 16:46:44 -0500 (EST)
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Subject:      CAha (was: partial instantiations)
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la xorxes. cusku di'e

> And:
> >[I don't know what the difference between ca`a and pu`i is.]
>
> Something to do with tenses, I suppose: {ca'a} contains an
> implied {ca} and {pu'i} an implied {pu}.

Well, in a sense.  But "pu'i" really means "At time T, subject S
has demonstrated the potential of being/doing P" whereas "ca'a"
means "At time T, subject S is being/doing P".  In principle,
one might demonstrate the potential for eating without actually
having done so in the past.

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John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
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