On 1/24/2020 11:23 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
SuStel:
muberghmoHchu' Doch lulo'qu'bogh ghot. Doch Daqelbogh tIngu'!
Often, I want to say something like "this doesn't concern this matter", or "because of that which we discussed previously".
I know that to express "matter", we have the noun {Soj}, but it *feels* too informal.
*Soj* is not slang, it's just idiomatic. It's probably only as informal as saying /on the other hand/ or /beating a dead horse./
Of course, {Doch} doesn't sound too "formal" either, but for some reason I can't identify, it just *feels* better.
Abusing the word/thing/ is something English teachers try to beat out of students, for good reason.// I would do the same for *Doch.* My wife calls half the objects in our house "the thing," and it drives me crazy. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name