Jorge Llambias wrote:
la djan cusku di'emi me le ci nolraitru = I am Caspar, Melchior, or Balthazar. mi du le ci nolraitru = We are Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar.The first is true and the second false, right? Whatever {ko'a} refers to, {ko'a du le ci broda} has to be false (unless you're Catholic), because if something is equal to each of three broda, then each of the three is equal to the others, but then it is one thing, not three!
No. When the referents are plural, "du" distributes one-for-one: if I say that le mreni du le barda that means that the men (that I have in mind) are the same as the big ones (that I have in mind). -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel