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I'd understand {qaqIpta'be'} as "I didn't hit you", with the implication that I deliberately did not hit you. The {-be'} negates the completion or accomplishment, not the intentionality.
I'm afraid I can't understand that. Lets take things from the start, ignoring the initial question of this thread. qaqIpta' I set out to hit you and did it (qaqIpta')be' (I set out to hit you and did it)-not Meaning that "no intentional hitting took place", and not "intentionally, no hitting took place"; now, whether this would leave room for interpretation that "unintentional hitting could have taken place", which was the original question of this thread, is another story. The only way I can see the "I deliberately did not hit you" meaning being produced is by writing {qaqIpbe'ta'}: qaqIpbe' I don't hit you (qaqIpbe')ta' I set out not to hit you and I accomplished it = I deliberately did not hit you Let alone the fact that there is another problem with interpreting the {qaqIpta'be'} as "I deliberately did not hit you"; doing so would call for the "deliberate action described by the {-ta'}" to be acting on the {-be'} which follows it. However, if we go here: https://www.qephom.de/e/message_from_maltz_140624.html We will see that maltz has said: *** quote start *** "For the possessive suffixes, however, this doesn't work. {jaghna'lI'} means "definitely your enemy (and not your friend, etc.)." It doesn't specifically mean "definitely your enemy (and not mine)." He said if you want to emphasize the possessor, just give it extra stress when saying the word: {DujlIj} (or DujlIj or DujlIj or DujlIj or DujLIJ or however you want to transcribe it -- I'm not sure whether italics and bold and all of that will show up for you)." *** quote end *** Seemingly/apparently, suffixes can act only on the suffixes preceding them, and not on the suffixes following them, which would be necessary to happen for the {qaqIpta'be'} to be meaning "I deliberately did not hit you". On the other hand though, one *could* argue, that maltz talks about noun suffixes.. But still.. Now, don't misunderstand me; in no way am I saying that I'm correct in the way I understand this matter. Chances are that I'm wrong (as usual..). I'm just describing how I understand this, hoping that if indeed I'm wrong, someone will explain to me, what it is I'm actually failing to understand. ~ mayqel qunen'oS