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.)''

History: Sesame Street kei without ku Gotcha

Source of version: 2 (current)

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