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Re: KLBC:Re:be'nI'HeywI'



[email protected] on behalf of William H. Martin wrote:

> I'm hesitant to assume {'Ij} to be transitive, simply because 
> the definition doesn't sound transitive and we have no canon use 
> of it so far proving otherwise. To get around this, I'd use:
> 
> QoQwIj vIchu'DI' Haw' be'nI'wI'.
> 
> Your sister doesn't care what you are listening to. She dislikes 
> what she hears. Your listening is inconsequential. It is your 
> PLAYING the music that sends her from the room.

{chu'} is "play (a musical instrument), not "play music (as on a radio)."  
Unless he is actually playing the instrument, he cannot say this.

QoQwIj vIQoytaHvIS Haw' be'nI'wI'

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