<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br>On May 8, 2019, at 10:55, nIqolay Q <<a href="mailto:niqolay0@gmail.com">niqolay0@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">You probably wouldn't have to start entirely from scratch. If someone says <b>wagh vIghro'mey tIQ. qarbe''a'?</b>, even though this isn't a usual tag question, I can deduce that <b>qarbe''a'</b> is probably supposed to refer to the previous statement. (Perhaps they originally said <b>wagh vIghro'mey tIQ</b> confidently, but then realized they weren't 100% sure, so they added <b>qarbe''a'</b>, in the sense of "...am I wrong?") It might not have the same connotations of expecting a "yes" answer, but you're still asking about the accuracy of a statement.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This was my original assumed usage, based on my lack of knowledge from qar’a’ being able to exist as a second verb in the same phrase (not having fully read the TKD addendum).</span></div><div><br></div><div>This is the usage that I figured would be grammatical, if “unexpected”. But using an unexpected phrasing is often a signalling device situationally desired for it’s altered connotations — as I’ve argued previously. <br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">—jevreH</span></div></div></body></html>