tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 10 20:10:47 1995
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Re: -vaD vs. -Daq on pronouns
On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Alan Anderson wrote:
> (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'...
> "Her arm's bone is broken..."
I read that as "Her arm' bone breaks". I think {DeSDaj Hom ghorlu'pu'}
would be more clear.
> 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.
maj. jIQochbe'.
> -- ghunchu'wI'
yoDtargh