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[lojban] preti lo du'u ta'i ma kau zo'o pilno zo kau
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- Subject: [lojban] preti lo du'u ta'i ma kau zo'o pilno zo kau
- From: Jameson Orndorff <jtorndorff@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:50:49 -0400
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A question that came up recently is how one uses or might use {kau} outside of an abstraction. {kau} is part of selma'o UI and thus gendra just about anywhere, but apparently only has a defined meaning when attached to a word inside an abstraction.
{do xusra lo du'u mi kau catra le finpe} - You declare that it was I who killed the fish.
vs.
{mi kau catra le finpe} - ??? Is this now simple emphasis? I know we have a word for emphasis already - {ba'e}. Does it make it sort of a more declarative or bold statement than simply saying it? "I killed the fish." vs. "It was I who killed the fish!"
ki'e mu'o mi'e kribacr