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Re: lengwI' vIyaj vIneH.

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• Subject: Re: lengwI' vIyaj vIneH.
• Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:52:49 EST

jatlh tuv'el:
>can -be' or -'qu exist more than once in a single
>construction?

jang Qov:
>Sure, if it's meaningful. It /paq vIleghDI', vIlaDbe'laHbe'/.  "When I see
>a book, I can't not read it." It can be awkward, but it's less awkward than
>the English, there.

Wouldn't {paq vIleghDI' vIlaDnIS} be simpler and more concise, without 
changing the meaning too much?


- DujHoD

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