<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 2:41 PM mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com" target="_blank">mihkoun@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div id="m_-3303935819876051457gmail-m_-1527454731884635672d_1557254507580"><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Read:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">wagh vIghro'mey tIQ, qar'a' ?</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">ancient cats are expensive, is it accurate ?</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">This is correct.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Now, read this too:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">wagh vIghro'mey tIQ, qarbe''a' ?</p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">ancient cats are expensive, isn't it accurate ?</p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Is the above correct ? And if yes, is there any difference in meaning compared to the first sentence ? Because I can't understand any difference in meaning, if any..<br></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">We do have an example of <b>-be''a'</b> sentences. <b>cheqotlhchugh maHaghbe''a'? cheDuQchugh mareghbe''a'? cheQIHchugh manoDbe''a'?</b> <i>Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not seek revenge?</i> <br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">In this case, it does seem to be used to indicate questions intended to get a "no" or "that is not the case" answer. (E.g.: "No, it is not the case that you don't laugh when tickled.") It's also a rhetorical flourish, intended to make the speaker think "It is the case that you laugh when tickled", so perhaps this grammar can't be taken 100% literally. <br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div>