On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 12:05:53PM -0500, Jacob Errington wrote:
> #2".
> {.i do melbi sei mi cusku} -> {.i mi cusku lo se du'u do melbi}
> {.i ui do cinba mi} -> {.i sei mi gleki do cinba mi} -> {.i mi gleki lo nu
> do cinba mi}
>
> Personally, I disapprove of sei-within-lu for partitioned quotes, for the
> simple reason that one can't unambiguously determine whether the sei-clause
> is actually spoken, unless {sa'a} is used (which it usually isn't).
Would {sa'a} be used like this?
{.i lu mi gleki sei ko'a cusku se'usa'a zo'e li'u}, i.e. {sei ... se'usa'a}
This looks rather clumsy to me as a usable solution to ", he said,",
because you need to manually close the {sei} construct in order to attach the sa'a.
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