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Re: -vaD vs. -Daq on pronouns

(written Thursday, March 30)

According to WestphalWz: [get a name, okay? :-)]
>DeSDaj Hom ghorlu'bogh 'oHvaD vIHgho'naQ vIlannIS

"I must place [something] for it her arm's bone which is broken."

The {'oHvaD} works here--barely.  I understand how you're using it--barely.
But why go to the trouble of using such an unusual (and ugly, IMHO) construct
when you don't have to?  Try this:

{DeSDaj Hom ghorlu'.  DeSDaq *splint* vIlannIS.}
"Her arm's bone is broken.  I must place a splint on the arm."

But what is this "be-moving/step-on/be-entire"?  Or maybe it's a 
"be-moving/step-on/staff"?  It looks like you're trying to make 
a compound verb, or a verb-noun combination.  You can't do that,
at least not if you're trying to make yourself understood.

I'd call a splint {Hom vIHHa'moHtaHbogh naQ'e'},
"...a stick which causes the bone to remain still." 
And I'd "tie" {bagh} it on a limb rather than "place" {lan} it.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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