Re: [jboske] Re: poi'i, se/te/ve ka

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Jordan DeLong scripsit:

> If you're speaking individuals, you should've used "la". "lai" is
> almost useless, because if I name a mass and then refer to it, the
> mass itself is still a single individual. "lai xod" means the mass
> of things named xod---but there's only one...

Your analysis is correct, but your assumption is wrong. It is often
useful to talk about "the mass of those called X", e.g. "lai kau,n"
= "the Cowans".

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