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To: Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
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On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> And isn't this what zo'e is for anyways? Or leaving a place
> unspecified?

No. That means that there *is* something to fill the place, but it
is not being articulated for whatever reason.

> And since when does 'le zdani' require there to be
> something living there?

Always. Something is a home/den/nest only if it is inhabited;
in fact "le se zdani" means "inhabitant".

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