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The conditional plus »ÔØÆ -taanee

The conditional plus »ÔØÆ -taanee `emphatic' often occurs without a result clause, with the meaning `I told you so' or `if you'd only verbed'.

Ø´¥¹Ô »ÔØÆ ... keettaa-taanee ... `If you (had/would) only ask(ed) [me, I would have told you].'



Harold_F.Schiffman