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(a) LS- F i&&&a L?:$,
(Have you finished the report (I requested, you mentioned, etc.)?)
(b) flu03 v-d'ktma L?:L,
(The copy (you asked for) is ready.)
(c) @!la)~47'&0%, ~~?<&QT&L??L~
(I bought the book about Princess Diana (everybody is talking about,
you recommended, etc.) right away and read it.)

(A student is coming at one.)
B: aa, @!la) ~4~$&#?:4 +&Tfh0
(Oh, that student from Germany (you mentioned), right?)
d
(el A: F!, s2 6 ?
(Can we meet this evening?)

(Then, (let's meet) at the usual coffee house at six.)
IL E Crl EL Eh h6
(f) ~~3~;3'a?:~a)~~2~9?:d'~9,%t3~$9?:,
(Mr. Yoshida told us that (same) joke again, but no one laughed.)

1. Rei no is used in situations where some information is shared by the
speaker and the hearer. For example, when A utters KS(A) to B, B must
have talked to A about a project at an earlier time. Similarly, when A
utters KS(B) to B, A knows that B understands which Chinese restau-
rant A means, from their shared experience.
2. Because rei no is a device to remind the hearer of something experi-
enced or mentioned earlier (although not in the same discourse), rei no
X can be used without having mentioned X previously in the discourse.