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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Canon for answering negative questions

De'vID ([email protected]) 

<p dir="ltr"><br>
Qov:<br>
&gt; What canon do we have indicating whether the answer to a negative question like :<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; &#39;umbe&#39;&#39;a&#39; loDHom?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; would be<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; HIja’, ‘um.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; or<br>
&gt; ghobe’, ‘um.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I don&#39;t have any canon, but what reason is there to think it wouldn&#39;t be {HIja&#39;, &#39;umbe&#39;} to begin with? The answer to {&#39;umchoH&#39;a&#39;} is {HIja&#39;, &#39;umchoH}, and the answer to {belHa&#39;&#39;a&#39;} is {HIja&#39;, belHa&#39;}, etc. I can&#39;t think of any reason {-be&#39;} should behave differently than any other suffix in how it interacts with {-&#39;a&#39;}.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Qov:<br>
&gt; All I can think of is cheDuQchugh mareghbe’’a’? which is of course rhetorical.</p>
<p dir="ltr">ghobe&#39;, mareghbej.</p>
<p dir="ltr">-- <br>
De&#39;vID</p>

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