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Re: djan. melbi vecnu
John Cowan wrote:
> Adam Raizen wrote:
>
>
> > It would have been nice to have a pro-sumti which refers to
whatever
> > is in the prenex in a case like this. I think I'll try
using "ce'u",
> > since it kind of focuses the main bridi with regard to the prenex,
> > though it probably would have been better to just have a different
> > word.
>
>
> You can use "ri", "ra", "ru" for this purpose, or "<sumti> goi ko'a
> zo'u ... ko'a ... in forethought.
The sumti isn't always the previous one, and 'ra' and 'ru' are a
little vague, '<sumti> goi ko'a' is too wordy to be elegant, and a
lerfu word might not be clear if there's more than one sumti that
begins with the lerfu as in "la nu,IORK zo'u la norm klama fi la
nu,IORK".
I haven't ever seen multiple sumti in the prenex when the prenex is
being used as a topic marker and not a logical prenex, but it would
be interesting to consider what it might mean and how it might be
used.
mu'o mi'e adam