Re: My use of lekau

[jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU]

la lojbab cusku di'e

> Marking the "le" is roughly equivalent to making the whole sumti, with
> focus on the specificity that "le" indicates.  Since I am focussing on
> an identity issue, this might expand as follows:
>
> mi na djuno tu'a lekau se cmene be <<lo'u juhi lobypilno le'u>>
> mi na djuno tu'a [le se cmene be <<lo'u juhi lobypilno le'u>> ku]kau
> mi na djuno tu'a [[cy]kau

No argument up to here, but then:

> mi na djuno ledu'u [[cy]kau du ma[kau]

is uncomprehensible to me. Eliding the last {kau} changes the meaning
completely.

        mi na djuno le du'u cykau du ma
        I don't know what is what?

        mi na djuno le du'u cykau du makau
        I don't know what is what.

The first one is a question, the second one isn't.

Jorge