<div dir="auto">Initially, I thought of saying {pa' jIHtaHbe'}, but I got the impression that it would mean "I'm not there continuously" i.e. "I'm there, but not continuously".<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But since this isn't the case, I'm happy.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">mayqel q</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 6, 2017 18:35, "Steven Boozer" <<a href="mailto:sboozer@uchicago.edu">sboozer@uchicago.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mayqel qunenoS<br>
</span>>> If we want to say "I am there" we write {pa' jIHtaH}.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">>> But if we want to say "I am not there", what do we write ?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">>>    {pa' jIHbe'} or {pa' jIHbe'taH} ?<u></u><u></u></p>
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Neither.  Write <b>pa’ jIHtaHbe’</b> “I’m not there” which is a (neutral) statement of fact/location.  E.g.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>  qepHomDaq jIHtaHbe'.  Saghal.</b> <br>
  [untranslated greeting from MO to qepHOM 2013]<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I’ve never seen an example of [PRONOUN]<b>be’taH</b>.  If anything,
<b>pa’ jIHbe’taH </b>might mean “I’m still not there” implying continuous absence over some time.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Voragh<br>
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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