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On Saturday, February 18, 2012 17:25:59 RexScientiarum wrote:
> I am a bit confused by 'cu'.  Is there any instances where its usage
> is necessarily?  Otherwise I don't understand why it exists.

There are some instances where you can say "cu" or a pile of terminators. F=
or=20
example:
.i lo zbasu be le minji be lo nu lo remna cu vofli bu'u la .kiti'ok. cu du =
la=20
.uilbr. joi la .orvil.
.i lo zbasu be le minji be lo nu lo remna cu vofli bu'u la .kiti'ok. ku ku =
ku=20
du la .uilbr. joi la .orvil.
.i lo zbasu be le minji be lo nu lo remna cu vofli bu'u la .kiti'ok. be'o b=
e'o=20
ku du la .uilbr. joi la .orvil.

There is also a natlang, namely Tok Pisin, which has a word like "cu". It's=
=20
called the predicate marker, though being the only word in its selma'o, it=
=20
might as well just be called a particle.

Man i mekim masin bilong man i flai long Kitty Hawk i Wilbur na Orville.

(I don't know how Tok Pisin handles names of people and places in English=
=20
outside PNG.)

Pierre
--=20
La sal en el mar es m=E1s que en la sangre.
Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.

--=20
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