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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/24/2020 11:23 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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cite="mid:CAP7F2c+K16+PhJUFwQHGFw01iSEwXyipCvfsN-CU-j7gJV1eSw@mail.gmail.com">SuStel:
<div dir="auto">> muberghmoHchu' Doch lulo'qu'bogh </div>
<div dir="auto">> ghot. Doch Daqelbogh tIngu'!</div>
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<div dir="auto">Often, I want to say something like "this doesn't
concern this matter", or "because of that which we discussed
previously".</div>
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<div dir="auto">I know that to express "matter", we have the noun
{Soj}, but it *feels* too informal.</div>
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<p><b>Soj</b> is not slang, it's just idiomatic. It's probably only
as informal as saying <i>on the other hand</i> or <i>beating a
dead horse.</i><br>
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<div dir="auto">Of course, {Doch} doesn't sound too "formal"
either, but for some reason I can't identify, it just *feels*
better.</div>
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<p>Abusing the word<i> thing</i> is something English teachers try
to beat out of students, for good reason.<i></i> I would do the
same for <b>Doch.</b></p>
<p>My wife calls half the objects in our house "the thing," and it
drives me crazy.<br>
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