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Re: KLBC: DaH jIjeSqa'




ja' charghwI':
> The statement was basically, "I know more than I apparently 
> know." I can only interpret that to mean that you are keeping 
> some of your knowledge secret, because if you mean "I know more 
> than *I* thought I knew", then it doesn't make any sense to use 
> {-law'} to say, "than I apparently knew" because appearances are 
> judged from the outside.
> 
how do you reconcile this position with the statement in TKD, p. 40:

"this suffix [-law'] expresses any uncertainty _on_the_speakers_part_"
(emphasis mine)

?


                                           Marc Ruehlaender
                                           aka HomDoq
                                           [email protected]


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