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Re: maDub



>...can anyone tell me a good way to express the word "still," as in "Does
>he still read this mailing list?"  The best I can come up with is
>{jabbI'IDghomvam laD 'e' taH'a'}.

I wince when I see apparently stative verbs forced to take an object.
I believe {taH} is stative; if you want to say he continues to read,
you might try {laD 'e' taHmoH}.  I think the suffix {-taH} does well
to capture the meaning you want, though: {laDtaH'a' ghaH} should be
fine.

-- ghunchu'wI'               batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj




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