tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 17 13:37:38 1993
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Re: Okrand on glottal stops
- From: [email protected] (Marnen Laibow-Koser )
- Subject: Re: Okrand on glottal stops
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 93 16:12:17 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Will Martin" at Dec 16, 93 6:52 pm
Doch tlha' jatlhta' charghwi':
[...]
:
: THIS example from PK is not all that impressive. At best, it is
: confusedly stated, if it is supposed to illustrate opening glottal stops at
: all, which is not clear, since it is not clear if he is talking about one
: word or two, or if he is talking about the explicit separation of words in
: general, or just about the pronunciation of a glottal stop as it begins a
: word. I, for one, would differently pronounce {bang chu'} [new love] and
: {bangchu'} [he loved her perfectly], yet the pause between the two words of
: the first example has nothing to do with a glottal stop.
:
: How's that for an entry in the HolQeD contest?
:
: {bang chu' taH ghaH} [He endures new love]
: {bangchu'taH ghaH} [He always loves perfectly]
ghobe'. Dip 'oH \bang\'e', wot 'oHbe'ba'. 'ej \SiQ\ 'oHniSba' \taH\: <endure;
continue> 'oH \taH\, 'a <endure; bear> 'oHbej \SiQ\ -- \taHjaj boq\ = <may the
alliance endure> [TKD]; \'oy' DaSiQjaj\ = <may you endure the pain> [PK].
Do'Ha', mu'tlheghmeylij viparHa'mo'.
:
: -- charghwI'
:
:
Qapla' Qichqemwi'vo'.
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