RE: Cowan on relative clauses

la i,n. cusku di'e

> Surely "lo ci mi ctuca" is a bridi meaning "The three of us teach",
> not a sumti ("The teacher of the three of us").  <Quantifier> <sumti>
> is a sumti-tail in my copy of the grammar, and there doesn't appear
> to be any way of quantifying a preposed possessive.

Correct, as usual.

> And I would interpret "ciboi mu denmikce" as "Three out of
> (a group of) five dentists", something like "There were
> five dentists, of whom three ...".

lojbab has said what this means, but I don't understand clearly yet.

> (The inevitable typos:
> 
> po -> poi steci
> po'e -> poi se ponse
> )

Ouch.

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