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Re: Finally got some time... KLBC

Alan Anderson ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

ja' ter'eS:
> Well... The pronouns-as-copulas aren't really
> verbs, and I think technically they are a form
> of apposition, where two nouns paired refer to
> the same thing: {qoH SoH} = "you, a fool"...

I don't agree with this interpretation.  When used in the "to be"  
sense, pronouns may have verb suffixes.  That doesn't fit thinking of  
them as nouns in apposition.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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