<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 12:55, mayqel qunen'oS <<a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">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">De'vID:<br>
> Maybe it should be {pu' DIlo'chugh, maQap; yan DIlo' 'e' qa'}.<br>
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I'm afraid I can't understand this. The way I read it is "If we use<br>
phasers we'll win, instead of using swords". Shouldn't there be a<br>
{-chugh} on the {yan DIlo'} too?<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br></div>If you add {-chugh} to {yan DIlo'}, then you're trying to use {'e'} to refer to a conditional (no longer a whole sentence, but a subordinate clause). <div><br></div><div>You're basically trying to combine the following sentences:</div><div>{pu' DIlo'chugh, maQap} "if we use phasers, we'll win"</div><div>{pu' DIlo'; yan DIlo' 'e' qa'} "we use phasers instead of swords"<br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>Your original proposal moved the {-chugh} to the {qa'}. I don't think that's right, because {pu' DIlo'} should be conditional. I proposed to leave the {-chugh} on {pu' DIlo'}, but as I noted, the result has weird grammar. I don't think it's right, either.</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">De'vID</div></div></div>