⟨ka⟩ versus ⟨du'u⟩, and ⟨ce'u⟩ and ⟨zo'e⟩

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  1. Inside ka: fill every logically present but syntactically absent place with ce'u.
  2. Outside ka: fill every logically present but syntactically absent place with zo'e.
  3. (1-2) constitute the ONLY difference between ka and du'u (except for the x2 of du'u which, in usage at least, seems dead).
  • But the x2 of cusku is a sedu'u: mi cusku lo sedu'u la .and. cu srera
  • nitcion:
    Please let this die in the arse. Under this proposal, ka ce'u klama means ka ce'u klama ce'u ce'u ce'u ce'u (or in fact, ka ce'u klama ce'u ce'u ce'u ce'u pi'o ce'u bai ce'u ni'a ce'u cazi ce'u fi'o ganxo ce'u...). If I want to speak of going as a property of just the goer, I should not have to say ka ce'u klama zo'e zo'e zo'e zo'e. The sensible default is not two ce'u, or a zillion ce'u, but a single ce'u.
    • And Rosta:
      I will let it die in the arse. You don't realize that du'u ce'u klama kei would express the property of goerhood, but it remains the case that under the above proposals there is no way that ka klama kei or du'u klama kei can express the property of goerhood. And that's what people want.
      Therefore, see ka, du'u, si'o, ce'u, zo'e for a revised proposal.