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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/25/2021 8:18 AM, mayqel qunen'oS
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<div>I think I just realized that years now, I understand wrongly
the verbs {tob} and {Daj}. But before I start, just to be on the
same page (as americans say), here are the definitions:</div>
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<div>tob (v) test conclusively, prove</div>
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<div>Daj (v) test inconclusively</div>
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<div>Suppose I write the following sentences:</div>
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<div>nger vItobpu'</div>
<div>nger vIDajpu'</div>
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<div>Years now, I thought that the {nger vItobpu'} means "I proved
that the theory is correct", and that the {nger vIDajpu'} means
"I proved that the theory is wrong".</div>
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<div>But now I realized that the meanings are rather the
folllowing:</div>
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<div>nger vItobpu'</div>
<div>I tested conclusively the theory</div>
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<div>(I say that I tested it thoroughly, but without this meaning
that the theory is necessarily correct; after the "testing"
finished, perhaps the conclusion was that the theory was
perfectly wrong)</div>
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<div>nger vIDajpu'</div>
<div>I tested inconclusively the theory</div>
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<div>(I just say that I didn't thoroughly test the theory; it may
be a valid theory, or it may be a wrong one, but the "testing"
wasn't thorough/effective enough to come to definite conclusion)</div>
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<div>Is my understanding correct?</div>
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<p>Mostly. I think the word <i>prove</i> in the gloss suggests that
<b>tob</b> implies not only that the test was conclusive, but that
it was also positive. If you <b>tob</b> something, you
conclusively show that it is correct. To test something
conclusively and show that it is wrong, use <b>tobHa'</b><i>
disprove.</i></p>
<p><b>nger vItobpu'</b><i> </i>I tested the theory and showed
conclusively that it is correct.<br>
<b>nger vItobHa'pu'</b> I tested the theory and showed
conclusively that it is incorrect.<br>
<b>nger vIDajpu'</b> I tested the theory but was unable to
conclusively show its validity.<br>
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