Re: [jboske] zo'u tu'e (was: Re: putative tense scope effects (was: RE:

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la and cusku di'e

> Here's what I was thinking of, from Chapter 19.4:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> To specify a topic which affects more than one sentence, wrap the sentences 
> in ``tu'e ... tu'u'' brackets and place the topic and the ``zo'u'' directly 
> in front. This is the exception to the rule that a topic attaches directly 
> to a sentence:
> 4.9) loi jdini zo'u tu'e do ponse .inaja do djica [tu'u]
> the-mass-of money : ( [if] you possess, then you want )
> Money: if you have it, you want it.
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> So I am confused.

Oops! You're right, I was misreading the grammar. A prenex can
precede a "statement" or a "subsentence". I had missed the first
part. Good.

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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