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

[De'vID]

De'vID:
>>> "I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis".

lay'tel SIvten:
>> Take out the negative: "Sometimes I drink beer, and when I do, I prefer Dos Equis."

ghunchu'wI':
> 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".}

Yes, that works. It conveys the spirit of the original. majQa'!

ghunchu'wI':
> pe'ojtaH, jupwI'

QuvlIjDaq yIH tu'be'lu'jaj!

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