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Re: {rutlh} cha'DIch

Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar) ([email protected])

• From: Lieven L. Litaer (Quvar) <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: {rutlh} cha'DIch
• Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 10:58:24 +0100
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

Voragh:

>You're right, it is.  The English pronoun "that" could theoretically refer 
>to either noun or the previous clause as a whole. 

>How does this work in German?

Same as in English, you make it clear through emphasis:

*I* didn't believe that "wheel" is {rutlh}... But how did *YOU* know that?
(...that it's wheel)
          or
I didn't believe that "wheel" is {rutlh}... But *how* did you know that?
(...that I didn't know)

Quvar.

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