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From: Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 21:48:40 -0500
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On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 21:28, Michael Turniansky<mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Chris Capel<pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why is bei grammatically necessary? Why not make {broda lo brode be la
>> alis. la djan be'o} legal?
>
>   Well, I guess you could, but then be'o would basically never be
> elidable except at the end of an utterance

Ahh, I see. And as it is, be'o is almost always elidable, right?

Chris Capel
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