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Re: Anselmisms and gadro



la and to coi doi and ui toi cusku di'e

> > >veridical & nonspecific:     da poi    [= lo]
> > >veridical & specific:        ko'a poi
> > >nonveridical & specific:     ko'a voi  [= le]

Yes! I remember now that we had discussed this.

> > But {ko'a} isn't specific in the same way "the" is.  {ko'a} > is a bound 
>pronoun, referring to something in particular > that must have been defined 
>already.
>
>I think that's only one use of {ko'a}; that is, not all {ko'a}s need be 
>bound in a goi phrase. They're very much like English >it/him/her/them.

And if you feel the need for every {ko'a} to be bound, then
assume that previously unbound {ko'a} are simply
{ko'a goi le co'e}, which I think will get us back to
what we want.

co'o mi'e xorxes