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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/26/2019 9:39 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">jImIp net
jalchugh, vaj vIghro' tIQ vIje' </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">jImIp net
jalchugh, ngugh vIghro' tIQ vIje' </p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">jImIp net
jalchugh, ghIq vIghro' tIQ vIje' </p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">I *feel* there
is a difference between the above three sentences, but I can't
say I understand what this difference actually is.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">maj..</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">So, what's the
difference ?</p>
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<p><i>If I were rich, therefore I would buy an ancient cat.<br>
If I were rich, at that time I would buy an ancient cat.</i> (At
what time?)<br>
<i>If I were rich, and then I would buy an ancient cat.</i> (What
is this coming after?)</p>
<p>Only the first one is acceptable as a standalone sentence; the
others require setting up a prior context. And the first one only
works because Okrand lets <b>vaj</b> be combined with <b>-chugh</b>
in an <i>if/then</i> formation.<br>
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