Re: My use of lekau

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>> 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:
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>> mi na djuno ledu'u [[cy]kau du ma[kau]
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>is uncomprehensible to me. Eliding the last {kau} changes the meaning
>--More--
>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.
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>The first one is a question, the second one isn't.
>
>Jorge

Sorry, I wasn't clear.  I think that when you put the kau on the "ma", you
can then take it off of the cy, which has no question word present.  Thus
your last with "cy" instead of "cykau" doesn't change in meaning.  I think.

lojbab