tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 19 20:23:06 1998
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Re: 'ej, qoj, pagh into negative sentances
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: 'ej, qoj, pagh into negative sentances
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 20:22:12 -0800
At 05:59 98-01-19 -0800, edy wrote:
}Greetings!
}
}It's easy when we have the examples like:
}
}Duj vIje' 'ej juH vIje' - I buy a car and I buy a house
}Duj vIje' qoj juH vIje' - I buy a car and/or a house
}Duj vIje' pagh juH vIje' - I buy a either car or a house
}
}But if I say them into a negative sentence?
}
}Duj vIje'be' 'ej juH vIje'be' - I don't buy a car and I don't buy a house
And the end of the day, you don't have a car and you don't have a house,
easy enough. ('ej} indicates that you are saying that both statements it
connects are true.
}Duj vIje'be' qoj juH vIje'be' - I don't buy a car and/nor a house
You bought no more than one of these items. Possibly you bought neither.
Possibly you bought one of them. You did not buy both. {qoj} indicates
that either one or both of the statements it connects is true.
}Duj vIje'be' pagh juH vIje'be' - I don't buy neither a car nor a house (but
not both)???
Either you did not buy a car or you did not buy a house. {pagh} indicates
that exactly one of the statements it connects is true.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian