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11. Abstraction focus pro-sumti: ``ce'u''

The following cmavo are discussed in this section:

   ce'u    KOhA            abstraction focus
The cmavo ``ce'u'' is used within abstraction bridi, particularly property abstractions introduced by the cmavo ``ka''. Abstractions, including the uses of ``ce'u'', are discussed in full in Chapter 11.

In brief: Every property abstraction specifies a property of one of the sumti in it; that sumti place is filled by using ``ce'u''. This convention enables us to distinguish clearly between:

11.1)    le ka ce'u gleki
    the property-of (X being-happy)
    the property of being happy
    happiness
and 
11.2)    le ka gleki ce'u
    the property-of (being-happy about-X)
    the property of being that which
        someone is happy about
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