On 6/25/2021 8:18 AM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
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:
tob (v) test conclusively, prove Daj (v) test inconclusively
Suppose I write the following sentences:
nger vItobpu' nger vIDajpu'
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".
But now I realized that the meanings are rather the folllowing:
nger vItobpu' I tested conclusively the theory
(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)
nger vIDajpu' I tested inconclusively the theory
(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)
Is my understanding correct?
Mostly. I think the word /prove/ in the gloss suggests that *tob* implies not only that the test was conclusive, but that it was also positive. If you *tob* something, you conclusively show that it is correct. To test something conclusively and show that it is wrong, use *tobHa'*/disprove./ *nger vItobpu'*//I tested the theory and showed conclusively that it is correct. *nger vItobHa'pu'* I tested the theory and showed conclusively that it is incorrect. *nger vIDajpu'* I tested the theory but was unable to conclusively show its validity. -- SuStel http://trimboli.name