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Re: just use it! (Re: jIb

Lieven L. Litaer ([email protected])

• From: "Lieven L. Litaer" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: just use it! (Re: jIb
• Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:00:28 +0200
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Am Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:16:11 +1000 hat QeS lagh <[email protected]> 
geschrieben:

>> TKD demonstrates direct quotes with the word {qaja'}.
>
> Completely correct. Remember that in this case the syntactic "direct 
> object" the prefix refers to is semantically a benefactive or dative 
> object (what would usually be given in a fuller sentence as {X-vaD}), not 
> a semantic direct object.

Maybe MO once again misused a verb? {qaja'} is a literal (!) translation of 
"I told you".

This makes more sense to me than
{qajatlh} "I spoke you" or "I say you"

Quvar.

PS: jIlugh vIneHbe'. jIghel neH.

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