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Re: qep'a' (was Re: On a more humerous note)

Alan Anderson ([email protected])

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: qep'a' (was Re: On a more humerous note)
• Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:57:46 -0400
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ja' Shane MiQogh:

> mu' patlh yIqaw: {loDvetlh maS loD} "men prefer those men".
>
>   I didn't mean "men prefer those men" i really ment "Men that  
> prefer men".

Following strict English usage, you meant "mean *who* prefer men".

The noun suffix {-vetlh} "that, those" is a specifier that contrasts  
with {-vam} "this, these".  You want the verb suffix {-bogh} to mark  
a relative clause, usually translated with English "which, who, that".

-- ghunchu'wI'

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