On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:20 AM, komfo,amonan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:42 PM, tijlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Can {ke'a} safely refer to a sumti which is at a different structure
>> level? Example:
>>
>> le cmene be le prenu poi do stidi le nu mi penmi ke'a
>> (the name of the man whom you are suggesting I meet)
>>
>> ke'a = le prenu ?
>
> Yes. From CLL 8:1:
>>
>> Of course, there is no reason why ``ke'a'' needs to appear in the x1 place
>> of a relative clause bridi; it can appear in any place, or indeed even in a
>> sub-bridi within the relative clause bridi. Here are two more examples:
>
> 1.5) tu poi le mlatu pu lacpu ke'a ku'o cu ratcu
> That-distant-thing such-that( the cat [past] drags IT ) is-a-rat.
> That thing which the cat dragged is a rat.
> What the cat dragged is a rat.
>
> 1.6) ta poi mi djica le nu mi ponse ke'a [kei] ku'o
> cu bloti
> That-thing such-that( I desire the event-of( I own IT ) ) is-a-boat.
>
> mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan
>ki'e fe'o mi'e tijlan
