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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Asking "why do I need to be there ?"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Dadap)
Fri Feb 22 13:56:30 2019
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> On Feb 22, 2019, at 12:47, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun@gmail.com> wrote:
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> If I want to ask "why do I need to be there ?", what do I say ?
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> {qatlh pa' jIHnIS} or {qatlh pa' jIHnIStaH} ?
You can avoid the awkwardness of trying to shoehorn a pronoun into behaving l=
ike the verb =E2=80=9Cto be=E2=80=9D by using a real verb like SaH or poQ:
qatlh pa' jISaHnIS?
qatlh pa' vIpoQlu'?=
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>On Feb 22, 2019, at 12:47, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href=3D"mailto:mihkoun@gm=
ail.com">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"c=
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t-size:9.0pt; color:#000000"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bo=
ttom:0;">If I want to ask "why do I need to be there ?", what do I say ?</p>=
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<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">{qatlh pa' jIHnIS} o=
r {qatlh pa' jIHnIStaH} ?</p></div></div></blockquote><br><div>You can avoid=
the awkwardness of trying to shoehorn a pronoun into behaving like the verb=
=E2=80=9Cto be=E2=80=9D by using a real verb like SaH or poQ:</div><div><br=
></div><div>qatlh pa' jISaHnIS?</div><div>qatlh pa' vIpoQlu'?</div>
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