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Re: FOR MNIXON: list & name

• From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
• Subject: Re: FOR MNIXON: list & name
• Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 21:51:38 -0500

ghItlh charghwI':
>bImIS. jabbI'IDleghDaq not <vIHarpu'> vIjatlh. jatlhpu' latlh.

jItlhIj.  pIch vIghaj.  ghItlhwI' vIngu'Ha'ba'.

>There's a rule that says you can't use perfective on the second
>verb in a [verb 'e' verb] construction.

It's worse than that:  it can't take *any* type 7 verb suffix.

>Slowly, I've learned
>this, but whoever said what I'm erroniously quoted as saying
>didn't follow the rule, so it obviously wasn't me, right?
>jIQaghlaH 'ach QaghmeywIjmo' neH yIpIch. latlhpu' vIQaghmoHbe'.

Obviously. :-)  I'm sorry I falsely accused you of this error.

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj

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