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pycyn@aol.com wrote:

> >you might even be allowed {le do zo zo'u}).
> 
> It doesn't parse. You can make it {le do me zo zo'u},
> or, weird but possible, {le do pa zo zo'u}.>>
> 
> Thanks.  I can't get this rule straight.  I suppose that the problem here is
> that {le} absorbs {do} into a new LE.  

The straightforward way is zo zo'u pe do, though.  "Le do <selbri>" is just
a concise way of saying "le <selbri> pe do".

> Does it absorb {pu} and {vi} as well?

No.  Those have to have a selbri following.

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