On 10/23/2017 12:49 PM, Felix Malmenbeck wrote:
Now, on the other hand, if the question is: {nagh 'oH'a' Dochvam'e'?}
then answering with {'oH.} or {'oHbe'.} makes perfect sense.
I wouldn't say that either. *'oH* does not mean /be/ or /is./ It just means /it./ We use it to translate English "to be" sentences, but there's still no /be/ in there. */Tarzan/ jIH; /Jane/ SoH*/Me Tarzan; you Jane./ We add verb suffixes to the pronoun because copula relationships can be continuous or negated or queried and so on, but it's still a pronoun, not a verb. And if you strip away the linking of the pronoun with some noun, you have no copula left. Saying *'oH* is not saying /it is (something general or unspecified);/ it is only saying /it./ If you must give a full answer to *nagh 'oH'a' Dochvam'e', *it would be *nagh 'oH.* It can't get any smaller. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name