<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 15:18 Lieven L. Litaer <<a href="mailto:levinius@gmx.de">levinius@gmx.de</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Am 27.11.2018 um 14:11 schrieb mayqel qunenoS:<br>
> Can someone explain the difference between {nIteb jIH} and {jImob} ?<br>
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{nIteb} describes the situation of an action, the other is an adjective. <br>
You could even say {nIteb jImob}. "I am (the only one who is) alone".<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That meaning is {neH} "only", not {nIteb}, which means "acting alone".</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">{nIteb jImob} "Acting by myself, I am alone." (Perhaps you are clarifying that nobody has isolated you.)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">{jImob jIH neH} "I alone (i.e., only I) am alone". (Perhaps you are the only one without a partner at a social dance.)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you're at a social event and you hide in the corner because you want to, but you're not the only loner there, you could still say {nIteb jImob} but not {jImob jIH neH}.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Of course, both words cover the same idea. Examples show the difference:<br>
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{nIteb jISop} "I eat all alone." (my friends might join later)<br>
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{jImob} "I am lonely" (I have no friends. This life sucks.)<br>
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Disclaimer: This might possibly not be 100% correct, but it may help you <br>
understand the difference.<br>
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-- <br>
Lieven L. Litaer<br>
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