Events & sisku [was: le/lo]

[John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>]

la xorxes. cusku di'e

> Yes, perhaps that would be clearer, although I think it would
> be too restrictive to say that nu could only refer to events that
> actually happen.

Indeed.  Events don't have to happen, although it has to be
*logically possible* for them to happen, I think; there is
no "lo nu li re su'i re du li mu".
 
> I wouldn't know how I would say "I'm looking for my hat"
> with the new definition, if I wore one.

	mi sisku le ka [ce'u] du le mapku po mi
	I look-for-thing-with-property the property-of being
		the hat belonging-to me.

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And Rosta wrote:

> Can someone tell me where {kau} is discussed in Woldemar? - Or
> if not, can someone tell me what it means?

Chapter 8, Section 11.

> I mean {kau} in general, not just after question words.

"kau" can be used after non-question words, in which case the
word it is attached to is suggested as the answer to the
indirect question, as in "I wonder whether it was John who
shot Alice", which uses "la djan. kau"

What is not defined is the use of "kau" outside "du'u"
abstractions.

> I seem to recall that originally kau was introduced for some
> more general purpose and only latterly became restricted
> in usage as a marker of indirect questions.

Not AFAIK.

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