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Re: kau
> co'i le cerni cu preti fofo'a feleli'i fo'a capu sipna ge'ekau
> "In the morning they asked her how she had slept."
> I would use {peikau} rather than {ge'ekau}, but in any
> case it is definitely an indirect question.
In either case, wouldn't that be asking how she /felt/ about
her sleeping, not the quality of her sleep itself? Wouldn't
the latter be better as {...capu mokau sipna}?
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