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The '''mea gotcha''' refers to the fact that {{t|mea}} can look inside ''plural constants'', but not inside ''words that mean a group''.

If you are referring to plural ''somethings'', or to stuff that's {{t|róı}}-ed together, {{t|mea}} is correct. But if you are talking about a singular word ending in {{t|me}}, it's probably wrong.

For example: {{t|muaome}} means "forest", so {{t|múaome}} means "the forest(s)", and {{t|tú mea múaome}} means "every (forest) of/among the forest(s)." It cannot refer to "each tree."

This may seem obvious, but the same applies to words like {{t|póqme}} "the group of people", where it's a far easier mistake to make. The phrase {{t|tú mea póqme}} means "every (group) among the groups of people"; it does not mean "every person in the group."

* If you want a word like {{t|mea}} that looks "inside" aggregates, there's [https://toadua.uakci.space/##VFBgY4zY0 {{t|mem}}] — you can say {{t|mem póqme}}.
* To actually say "every person among the people", you say {{t|mea póq}}.
* If you don't want to think too hard about it, you can always just say {{t|po}}.

== See also ==
* [[Plural logic]]