tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 01 09:40:05 1995
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Re: }} -mo' and N1's N2
- From: "Elizabeth C. Hoyt" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: }} -mo' and N1's N2
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 09:40:05 -0400 (EDT)
tlheghmeQ screams in utter frustration. She rips from the hands of a
startled friend a booklet entitled "Managing Stress on Campus" and tears
it to shreds. ;)
On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
> >From: "Elizabeth C. Hoyt" <[email protected]>
>
> >jIwuQmo' juHDaq vIjaH.
> >Because I had a headache, I went home.
>
> jIjaH would be better, since "jaH" in this sentence has no object. juH is
> not its object, since it's got -Daq on it, so it's a locative complement,
> not an object.
gotcha.
> >*Tylenolmo' 'oy' nachwIj 'e' mev.
> >Due to Tylenol, my head stopped hurting.
[Snip]
> (maybe I paid someone with tylenol to make my head stop hurting).
:D
> You could say "'oy' nachwIj 'e' mev *Tylenol*", but that doesn't provide a
> "-mo'" example. How about: *Tylenol*mo' 'oy'be'choH nachwIj. Due to the
> Tylenol, my head started not-hurting.
"not-hurting" hmmm...yeah, I keep forgetting about {-be'}
> >And some noun-noun things:
>
> You have just about all of these backwards; [Snip]
Ok, I think you finally got this pounded through my thick forehead
yesterday afternoon. N1 possesses N2. You're talking about a type of N2.
Do not confuse N1 for an adjective.
So {paq ngaSwI'} works for book container, but NOT {nav paq} for a book
made of paper.
> How to say it without using N-N? Tough. Maybe "yIH'e' chenmoHbogh yuch",
> or in a separate sentence: "yIH'e' chenmoHlu'meH yuch lo'lu'" and then just
> referring to it as "yIH".
chocolate, which causes the tribble to take form
someone/something uses chocolate for causing the tribble to take form
Tough is right.
Wait! Do you have to use {chen}? How about {yuch'e' 'oH yIH}?
> ~mark
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Peace and Long Life 'ej Qapla'
Liz (tlheghmeQ joq)