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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/23/2017 12:49 PM, Felix
Malmenbeck wrote:<br>
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<p>Now, on the other hand, if the question is:<br>
{nagh 'oH'a' Dochvam'e'?}</p>
<p>then answering with {'oH.} or {'oHbe'.} makes perfect sense.</p>
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<p>I wouldn't say that either. <b>'oH</b> does not mean <i>be</i>
or <i>is.</i> It just means <i>it.</i> We use it to translate
English "to be" sentences, but there's still no <i>be</i> in
there. <b><i>Tarzan</i> jIH; <i>Jane</i> SoH</b><i> Me Tarzan;
you Jane.</i></p>
<p>We add verb suffixes to the pronoun because copula relationships
can be continuous or negated or queried and so on, but it's still
a pronoun, not a verb.</p>
<p>And if you strip away the linking of the pronoun with some noun,
you have no copula left. Saying <b>'oH</b> is not saying <i>it
is (something general or unspecified);</i> it is only saying <i>it.</i></p>
<p>If you must give a full answer to <b>nagh 'oH'a' Dochvam'e', </b>it
would be <b>nagh 'oH.</b> It can't get any smaller.<br>
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