Re: [jboske] Concrete examples of Llamban lo'e (was: On {lo'e} and various

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Jorge Llambias scripsit:
> 
> 
> la xod cusku di'e
> 
> > > la djan cu darxi lo'e nanmu ze'a le jeftu
> > > John has been hitting men all week.
> >
> Ok. How would you say it without {lo'e}?

What's wrong with "lo"? After all, if I say that Juan has been eating
maize all his life, that doesn't mean it's *typical* maize -- perhaps
all of it is blue, e.g.

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