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(1 don't remember whether it was at a party or at the pool that I first
met Tamara.)
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&]~S~Y~AYT#Z~~~~&LI:~>;~., 8&*sm~m;tr., h9Tk.
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(DO you know whether Mr. Kimura majored in economics or politics at
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college?)
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(Lately, it's hard to tell whether a lot of men are men or not.)
If?ki
tbsli
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(Please make the meeting Monday or Wednesday.)

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choices or possibilities. (6 ka2 (DBJG: 166-68))
Normally the construction is used to deal with two choices or possibili-
ties, but when one lists the choices and possibilities more than two ka's
can be used as in (1).
IfL be? Er it25
(1) %wG~, %t:~s fid#a~s fiw R < fi>, a IZR~
-cb>3+?Lo
(I haven't decided whether to stay here or make a trip or work
at the research institute during the spring break.)
If the same verb is repeated as in KS(A), the second one can be replaced
by do ka as follows. (+ ka (db ka) (DBJG: 168-70))
(2) %+ E $-4W s * E 5 fi', a 7?** 0 3 +?Lo