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Re: SuD qamwIj.

Alan Anderson ([email protected])

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: SuD qamwIj.
• Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:24:32 -0400
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
• References: <[email protected]>

>> <<jIpIv, 'ej SoH?>>.

ja' lay'tel SIvten:

> It's interesting that there is no written indication of a question  
> here
> except the question mark, and presumably the intonation in the  
> spoken version.
> What question word or verb plus {-'a'} would be the equivalent  
> here?  Just
> {bIpIv'a' (SoH)}?

The question word is obviously the same {bIpIv'a'} that the first  
person used.  It's assumed and elided in the responder's question.   
You just need to move the parentheses:

{(bIpIv'a') SoH?}

-- ghunchu'wI'

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