holbbaexlxo⁵⁵bæ̠⁶⁶🔊RHET Q反问式难道/nándào/Holbbaexl, ngo bei cox a? 难道，我做错了?Did I do wrong? (No.)Note: The words: /neil/, /ngo/, /bbeixleir/, /holbbaexl, are words that mark rhetorical questions. The word /neil/ can be used to confirm information as in, /Eil ddei zzor cexr cexr neil?/ 'This can be eaten, can't it?' Or it can have a sense of rebuking as in, /Ni arsaenga a, eine bei neil?/ 'Why did you do this?" The word /ngo/ is used confirm information, as in: /Ni ngo leil hol-nr-cir a ngo?/ 'You don't remember me, do you? The word /leir/ commuicates irritation, as in: /Ni azo bei leir?/ What (in the world) are you doing? The /bbeixleir/ is similar to the /leir/; it communicates irritation: /Ni azo ar ddei meddu zza bbeixleir?/ 'What do you have to say for yourself?" /holbbaexl/ is the only one of these words that occurs at the beginning of the clause and simply marks a rhetorical question, as in: Holbbaexl, ngo bei cox a? 'Did I do what was wrong?' (No.)Compare 另见bbeixleirneilngoholbbaexl xo⁵⁵bæ̠⁶⁶

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