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Re: sumti categories
cu'u la kolin.
> na'ipei mi casnu li re
> "? We discuss the number two"
> (What about na'ipei for the linguist's "?" (doubtful grammaticality)?
> I'm not happy about it - I suspect we need a question word on the
> jo'a/na'i dimension)
cu'u la kau,n.
> "na'ipei" signals a question
...
> "na'icu'i", OTOH, affirms that the sentence is midway on the scale between
> acceptable and unacceptable.
I think what we _really_ mean in this context is more like {na'i ju'o cu'i} -
not so much a question as a declaration of uncertainty.
mi'e .i,n.