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specificity of 'ma'




la pycyn cusku di'e

Would {da} count as an answerr to {ma klama le zarci}?
I don't think so; there is a relevance/informativeness condition on answers,
sure.  {le klama be le zarci} also won't do.

Does {lo prenu} count as an answer? "A person" counts as an answer
to "what goes to the store?", but not as an answer to "who goes to
the store?". My impression was that {ma klama le zarci} could be
either, and one can use {le mo} and {lo mo} to make clear the
specificity required (specific "which"/"who" vs. non-specific "what").

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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