At 06:20 AM 12/17/01 +0000, Adam Raizen wrote:
la xorxes. cusku di'e
> la adam cusku di'e
> >I've sometimes wanted to change the interpretation to how you do
it,
> >but need to be able to say "now", etc. is too important.
>
> I guess that's why {nau} was introduced, though nobody seems
> to be using it.
Good point. Unfortunately, "nau" seems to have been introduced
specifically for nested quotations, and is in a really bad selma'o. It
should be in something like TAhE, so that it can combine with space
and time tenses.
I believe that "nau" was introduced to have a short cut for returning (and possibly resetting with ki) to the default spacetime reference point of here and now.
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