RE: [jboske] kau

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>]

xod:
> da is often used to refer to specific entities that the speaker has in 
> mind, and of which the speaker wants to assert the existence, and wants 
> to assign a variable 

As far as sentential meaning goes, {da} never refers to a specific entity.
But it is true that I can say things like "I have a son", and when I
say that I do have my son in mind, even though "a son" does not refer
to him.

> Also, ko'a can be introduced by a speaker that does not actually know
> which dog it refers to 

True. 

--And.