RE: [jboske] inner quantifier of e-gadri (was: RE: putative tense scope effects

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

la and cusku di'e

> I think it is desirable, also for pedagogical reasons, to say that
>
> le ro broda = lo ro co'e voi broda
> le su'o broda = lo su'o co'e voi broda

Yes, though it should be:

le ro broda = ro lo ro co'e voi broda
le su'o broda = ro lo su'o co'e voi broda

> and likewise for lVi and lV'i.

I think it would be useful to have expressions for lVi
without piQ. I would say:

piQ loi ro broda = su'o lu'o Q lo ro broda

pisu'o loi broda = su'o lu'o su'o broda
piro loi broda = su'o lu'o ro broda

But since there is only one possible mass containing ro broda,
the last one can also be written as {ro lu'o ro broda}, or just
{tu'o lu'o ro broda}, i.e. {lu'o ro broda} is a singular
term.

For other Q we have for example:

piso'i loi broda = su'o lu'o so'i broda
"some mass of many broda". Here the outer su'o makes sense
because there can be different masses of many broda.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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