History: Sesame Street kei without ku Gotcha

Source of version: 2 (current)

This incredible and nasty Gotcha surfaced in the Lessons, where I (''mi'e nitcion'') claimed that lenu in ''lenu tivni la SEsamis.strit. [[cu] se tcika li ze'', ''cu'' was optional. Trapped by Nora: ''No. This parses as:'' ({} KEI) {se tcika}] KU> <li>} VAU). ''This shows that the nu...kei is treated like a brivla and is the first part of a tanru, with the second part of the tanru being "se tcika"; so it's a nu...kei type of se tcika as the 1st sumti. The "cu" is necessary, therefore! '' *ji'a zo ku ka'e basti zo cu **Nora replies: ku does not always work. If the trailing sumti of tivni is a description (including a name description like "la tsijrsesame klaji") then the ku merely closes that sumti and you would need a second "ku". lenu punji le sovda be lo'e cipnrkuku kukuku zvati le zdani be lo'e drata cipni. Take one of the "ku"s out and the parse changes. ''(Edit: Changed 'lenu that' to 'that lenu' so it made sense in the sentence.)''