tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 25 04:51:09 1995
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Re: }} KLBC: wamwI'
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: }} KLBC: wamwI'
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 95 8:51:09 METDST
> > e.g. HuD(Daq?) nadevvo' jIghoS
> > 'I'm leaving for the mountains'
>
> When you use {ghoS}, the thing you are approaching is the direct object of
> the verb, so I think you would say: naDevvo' HuD vIghoS. (I go away from
> here, towards the mountain.)
>
so, to say 'I'm leaving for the mountains' (as opposed
to 'I'm approaching the mountains from here') one had
to use HuD vIghoSmeH naDevvo' jIghoS ? kind of funny :)
thank you for your help
Marc 'Dochlangan'
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Marc Ruehlaender [email protected]
Universitaet des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany
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