tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 28 08:21:37 1995
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Re: Prepositions
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Prepositions
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 11:21:35 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Apr 28, 95 10:32 am
According to Mark E. Shoulson:
>
> >From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>
> >According to [email protected]:
>
> >> ghaH par Hoch vay' Everyone is against him.
>
> >{Hoch} does not need {vay'}...
>
> >ghaH lupar Hoch.
>
> >Don't forget that prefix.
>
> Um, I think he *should* forget that prefix. Yes, definitely "Hoch" and not
> "Hoch vay'", but remember that Hoch is a collective plural, and as such is
> treated grammatically as a Singular (3.3.2).
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH! HIvqa' veqlargh!
You are completely right. This is one of those things that I
forget ALMOST as often as I forget the {lu-} prefix...
> >charghwI'
>
> ~mark
charghwI'
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