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Re: just use it! (Re: jIb

MorphemeAddict ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol taghwI']

In a message dated 2004-10-02 6:29:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> ja'pu' ngabwI':
> > Direct quotes are done with {jatlh}:
> > {jatlh: "blah, blah, blah"} "He said, 'Blah, blah, blah'"
> 
> ja' lay'tel SIvten:
> >Direct quotes are done with {jatlh} and *zero-object prefixes*:
> >{jIjatlh: "blah, blah, blah"}  'I said, "Blah, blah, blah"
> 
> TKD demonstrates direct quotes with the word {qaja'}.
> 
> -- ghunchu'wI'
> 
TKD 6.2.5:  Similarly, with verbs of saying (<say, tell, ask,> etc.), {'e'} 
and
{net} are not used. The two phrases simply follow one another,
in either order.
 
       {qaja'pu' HIqaghQo'}
    or {HIqaghQo' qaja'pu'} <I told you not to interrupt me.>
 
This is literally <I told you, ``Don't interrupt me!''> or <``Don't
interrupt me'' I told you> ({qaja'pu'} <I told you,> {HIqaghQo'} <don't
interrupt me!>). An aspect marker (here, {-pu'} <perfective>) may
always be attached to the verb of saying, regardless of
whether it is the first or second verb.

lugh ghunchu'wI'.

lay'tel SIvten

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