[tlhIngan Hol] Proper use of adverbial {je}

nIqolay Q niqolay0 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 15 06:07:42 PDT 2017


Probably not. The examples of adverbial {je} indicate that it's used when
the verb is the same as a previous sentence but the subject or object is
different. In your example the verb has changed.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 6:07 AM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:

> maj.
>
> Now, lets examine another example:
>
> {Su'IH 'ej Suwoch je}
> You're beautiful and you're tall too
> You're beautiful and you're also tall
>
> Is this considered a proper use of the adverbial {je} ?
>
> qunnoq
>
> On 14 Aug 2017 11:16 pm, "nIqolay Q" <niqolay0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't see why not. {vIHar je} on its own would mean either "I believe
>> it (and others believe it too)" or "I believe it (and I believe other
>> things too)." Your example fits the latter; you believe the duck is
>> beautiful, and also, you believe that the cat is beautiful. An example of
>> the former ("I and others believe it") would be {'IH vIghrolIj 'e' Har
>> wo'rIv. 'IH vIghrolIj 'e' vIHar je.}
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 4:04 PM, mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> According to tkd, we can use the adverbial {je} in this way:
>>>
>>> {qaleghpu' je}
>>> I saw you too
>>>
>>> With the ambiguity of course being, "I and others saw you or I saw you
>>> and others".
>>>
>>> All these are known, however I would like to ask if the following would
>>> be a correct use of {je} too:
>>>
>>> {'IH Da'vI'lIj 'e' vIHar; 'IH vIghrolIj 'e' vIHar je}
>>> Your duck is beautiful, I believe it; your cat is beautiful, I believe
>>> it too.
>>>
>>> qunnoq
>>>
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