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Nathaniel: > {zo
.tim. cmene mi} is the same assertion as {mi'e .tim.}. Careful. While they
might refer to the same facts, "mi'e" has a second, very important purpose.
It assigns the value of "mi". It's the first-person equivalent
of "doi". It says, "This is the one who is talking.
>From now on, when I say, "mi", that's who it is". > In terms of emphasis,
one might suppose that {zo .tim. cmene mi} is closer to "Tim is my
name", rather than "I'm Tim".
> cmene lu .djein. .e
.tim. li'u}, which is not grammatically wrong but doesn't mean what you want). You could say "mi'e [lu'o] la djein
joi la tim". I'm not sure if the lu'o is necessary or not (it's not
from a grammatical standpoint, but I'm not sure how/if the meaning changes
with/without it).
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