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Re: KLBC: HIja'



On Stardate Stardate 97600.4 muHwI' wrote:

> {HIja'} means "yes"
> 
> can it make confusion when I use it as "Tell me!" ?
> 
> -wa'Hu' lut vIQoy.
> -HIja' !
> 
> -Yesterday, I heard a story.
> -Tell me!

Sure.  This sort of thing happens in any language.  In this case, you weren't 
asking a yes/no question, so it wouldn't make sense to say "yes."

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97602.0


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