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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] "where are you from?"

De'vID ([email protected])



<p dir="ltr">De&#39;vID wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; I&#39;m putting together a list of &quot;Beginner&#39;s Conversation&quot; sentences that<br>
&gt;&gt; people can use at qepHom/&#39;a&#39;.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Aside from the usual &quot;what&#39;s your name?&quot; and so on, I was trying to<br>
&gt;&gt; render &quot;where are you from?&quot;<br>
&gt;&gt;[...]</p>
<p dir="ltr">SuStel:<br>
&gt; nuq DaDab<br>
&gt; where do you live?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; What&#39;s the difference between &quot;where are you from?&quot; and &quot;where do you live?&quot; if you&#39;re not talking about your history or ancestors?</p>
<p dir="ltr">qaStaHvIS qep&#39;a&#39; qepHom joq motlh mebpa&#39;mey Dab jeSwI&#39;pu&#39;. </p>
<p dir="ltr">{nuq DaDab?} - likely reply is &quot;Best Western&quot; or whatever</p>
<p dir="ltr">I know you&#39;ll probably point out the difference between {nuq DaDab?} (general truth) and {nuq DaDabtaH?} (continuous aspect) but remember this is aimed at beginners.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I want to differentiate &quot;where are you staying?&quot; from &quot;where did you arrive from?&quot;</p>
<p dir="ltr">--<br>
De&#39;vID</p>
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