On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:21 AM, tengo
<yurock.tengo@gmail.com> wrote:
coi
I have read about {xu} and {kau}, and I find most usage of {xu kau}
odd. As I understand {xu}, it puts the main bridi into question, not a
sub-bridi. Consider the following example:
do djuno lo du'u la .frank. cu bebna
You know that Frank is foolish
First I add {xu}:
do djuno lo du'u xu la .frank. cu bebna
Is it true that you know that Frank is foolish?
Do you know that Frank is foolish?
So, it's now a question. Then I add {kau}:
do djuno lo du'u xu kau la .frank. cu bebna
Whether you know that Frank is foolish.
Which is what seems odd to me. The CLL has an example in chapter 11:
7.3) mi djuno le jei la frank. cu bebna [kei]
I know the truth-value of Frank being a fool.
And later in the text: "I know whether or not Frank is a fool", which
seems to be the intended meaning of {mi djuno lo du'u xu kau
la .frank. cu bebna}.
So, is there a special rule for interpretation of {xu kau}? If yes,
where is it defined? Is the {jei}-version still correct with current
definitions of {jei} and {djuno}?
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