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Re: Skype yISuq!

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: Skype yISuq!
• Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:05:40 EDT

In a message dated 2004-09-22 11:13:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> in a sentence like "Do you
> > > want coffee or tea?", you can't properly use the noun conjunctions {ghap}
> > > or {joq} unless you want neither; the sentence is not a yes/no question.
> 

That's the problem.  It's not a yes/no question because the expected answer 
is one of the choices, not 'yes' or 'no'.  

In a message dated 2004-09-22 11:13:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> Sure it is.  Using {-'a'} makes it a yes/no question:
> 
>    qa'vIn Dargh ghap DaneH?
>    Do you want either coffee or tea?
> 
Where's your {-'a'} that makes it a question?  Even with {-'a'}, only 
{HIja'/HISlaH} or {ghobe'} are appropriate answers to this question.

>    HIja'.
>    Yes.  (I want either coffee or tea.)
> 
>    HIja', qa'vIn vIneH.
>    Yes, I want coffee.

>    HIja', Dargh vIneH.
>    Yes, I want tea.
> 
>    ghobe'.
>    No.  (I don't want either coffee or tea. )
> 
>    ghobe', vIneHbe'.
>    No, I don't want either ("it/them").
> 
>    ghobe', qa'vIn Dargh ghap vIneHbe'.
>    No, I don't want either coffee or tea.
> 
> Or am I being particularly dense this morning (since I haven't had any 
> coffee or tea myself yet)?
> 
DaHjaj vIQIjchu'laHbe'.  chaq jIQongnIS je.  yaj'a' vay'?

lay'tel SIvten

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