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[lojban] preti lo du'u ta'i ma kau zo'o pilno zo kau



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!" 
 
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