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[qurgh lungqIj]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:04 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember some time ago we had discussed this at another thread, and
> again no significant conclusions were made.
>
> the only thing I'm able to understand from these canon examples, is
> perhaps that context distinguishes between the meaning of "a single one"
> and "each one".
>
> If I write: {jIyIttaHvIS, ngIq vIghro' vIlegh}, then obviously this must
> mean "while I was walking I saw a single cat". I don't think one could
> translate this as "while I was walking I saw one by one cat". what the hell
> is this supposed to mean ? it would make no sense.
>
I can translate this as "While I am walking, I see cats one at a time". So
I saw a single cat, and then another single cat, then another... etc.

qurgh
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