tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 29 09:28:21 2006
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Re: "conjunction"?
On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 [email protected] wrote:
> In a message dated 12/28/2006 5:43:38 PM Central Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>> Not sure on the /chevmeH mu'/ concept, though (or /chuvbogh mu'/ :)
>> because I'm not sure /'ach/ really separates things; punctuation tends to
>> do that. ;)
>
> But punctuation is optional, albeit widely used, so it can't be relied on for
> disambiguation.
'ach rap qech -- mu'tlhegh chevbe' rarwI'. mu'tlhegh rar <<'ach>> 'ej
pIm mu'tlhegh qech 'e' 'agh.
But the sentiment is the same; separation of sentences, etc, isn't done
with the conjunction /'ach/; if anything, /'ach/ is linking two sentences,
albeit in a comparative/contrasting way.
...Paul
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