tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 02 10:42:19 1997
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Re: rIghwI'mey vIHoH
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: rIghwI'mey vIHoH
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 97 17:24:03 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Qov wrote:
> At 05:41 PM 9/1/97 -0700, Dawut wrote:
> >I have not really been comfortable deciding when to use {-be' } "not" as
> >opposed to {-Qo'} "don't, won't" when trying to negate something.
>
> The way to get {-Qo'} and {-be'} straight is not to think of the actual
> words "don't" "won't" and "not" but to think of what is being negated.
There's also a simple rule you should be aware of:
When making a command, you always use {-Qo'} and never use {-be'}. However,
ordinary, non-imperative sentences can use either {-Qo'} or {-be'}, and this
is when Qov's advice is to be heeded.
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