[Tlhingan-hol] "I don't always..."

Alan Anderson qunchuy at alcaco.net
Sat Dec 5 14:41:59 PST 2015


On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 5:32 PM, De'vID <de.vid.jonpin at gmail.com> wrote:
> lay'tel SIvten:
>> Take out the negative: "Sometimes I drink beer, and when I do, I prefer Dos Equis."
>
> Yeah, technically it means the same thing, but it just doesn't... pack
> the same punch.

Don't take out the negative. Just move it to the verb and pick the
right adverbial to account for the change.

{rut HIq vItlhutlhbe', 'ach vItlhutlhDI' qaq "Dos Equis".}

Don't get distracted by how I chose to do the last few words. I used
{qaq XX} instead of {XX vImaS} to put the name of the product last.
It's a style thing.

-- ghunchu'wI'

pe'ojtaH, jupwI'



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