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420  sore demo / sore dokoroka
                                      9,
                     537 IAbi%@-if&9 W Lba,
                    (The parents are opposed to the couple's marriage. In spite of
                    that, they seem to intend to get married.) (= KS)

           11.  Sore demo can be rephrased by te mo as in:
                [31  a.  Ri%ijrXAa>%%l:EkkLTb~T6,  IACi@@f QZJ 9,
                        !I EI  LLa,  (cf. KS)
                       (Even if the parents are opposed to the couple's marriage,
                       they seem intent on getting married.) (cf. KS)




              But Wh-word - te mo cannot be rephrased by sore demo.




















                           ttE
                                 h'
         sore dokoroka  ? $I 5        conj.
                             L
           a conjunction that is used to indi-   on the contrary; far from that;
           cate  that  the  level / degree  of  a   as a matter of fact
           fact or a situation expressed in the   (REL. dokoroka]
           second  sentence  is  far  above  or
           below  the level / degree of  a  fact
           or a situation expressed in the first
           sentence
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