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Re: no' Hol: pung ghap HoS

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: no' Hol: pung ghap HoS
• Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:17:00 EDT

In a message dated 4/17/2006 1:43:22 AM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> ghItlhpu' Shane MiQogh, ja':
> >And how would i recognize the idioms?
> 
> The answer to that is self-evident: you must *learn* the idioms, along with 
> their meanings. Idiomatic phrases are usually pretty formulaic (e.g. "let 
> the cat out of the bag", "get up on your high horse"), which makes them easy 
> to recognise.
> 

Merely recognizing an idiom is easy.  It's what doesn't make sense even 
though you understand the words and grammar.  Figuring out what it means after 
you've discovered it usually requires guessing from context or asking.  
An idiom is a single vocabulary item, even though it usually has several 
words.

lay'tel SIvten

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