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RE: yIHmey



ja' SuStel:
>Actually, if {jang} counts as a verb of saying, and if it acts like {ja'},
>then {mujang charghwI'} may very well be just as correct as {jIHvaD jang
>charghwI'}.  Certainly the latter works: "charghwI' answers, I am the
>beneficiary of this action."

I see a subtle difference between them.  {jIHvaD jang ghaH} might mean
he answered instead of you.  The literal English translation bears out
this interpretation: "He answers for me."

-- ghunchu'wI'




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