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Re: kau



la djer cusku di'e

> The word list gives us an example, " I know WHO went to the store" as an
> appropriate usage for kau. "Who went to the store?" would be an
> interrogative use of who, but here I see it as a personal relative
> pronoun.

In English maybe. In Lojban, what you know is a predication, not an object.
You don't djuno the goer, you djuno the fact that he goes.

It's "I know the fact:[who went to the store]", not what your analysis
suggests: "I know [who]" & "[who] went to the store".

Jorge