[lojban] Re: BPFK phpbb

["Adam D. Lopresto" <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Jorge Llambías wrote:

>
> la djan cusku di'e
>
> > 	mi senpi lo du'u dokau klama le zarci
> > 	I am doubtful whether you went to the store.
>
> Which can also be:
>
>  	mi senpi lo du'u doxukau klama le zarci
>
> In general, when {kau} does not follow a question word it is
> a shorthand for {xukau}.

Hmmm, I'd take { mi senpi lo du'u dokau klama le zarci } to mean "I am doubtful
that it was you (as opposed to someone else) who went to the store", different
from {doxukau} (whether or not it was you).  Am I misinterpretting?
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