tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jun 30 07:55:35 1994
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: Do, ray', mI'(was:Bad to
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Do, ray', mI'(was:Bad to
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 94 19:14:45 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Jun 29, 94 6:01 pm
According to Mark E. Shoulson:
>
>
> >From: [email protected] (Jennifer James)
> >Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 15:35:00 -0640
>
>
> >tlhaQbejqu' mughlIj. mu'reH Dachoqbej. majQa'! parHa'.
> ^^^^^^
>
> This threw me a second. We don't really have any evidence that you can
> make compounds like this, with a noun and a verb. We know you can compound
> nouns with nouns, but that's it. Besides, it's pretty obviously a
> loan-translation. Hmm, can we do better? I suppose we could use "Quj"
> instead of "reH", wince we know that's a noun, but it's still a cheap
> translation. Any better ideas?
>
> >Jennifer James
>
> ~mark
I don't think mu'Quj is a bad choice.
charghwI'