tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 07 16:14:18 1995
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Re: bIQaghbejlI' *yoDtargh*
>Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 12:14:19 -0500
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: [email protected] (Steve Weaver)
>charghwI' says ("love my good-n-plenty...." sorry, I'm in one of THOSE
>moods again. ;-) ):
>>According to Steve Weaver:
>>>
>>> *yoDtargh* said:
>>> > vaHvo' nISwI'HIch lel *yoDtargh* 'ej Steve nach lurghDaq nuH Qeq.
>>> > DaH HolQeDvaD Spoonerism yIchenmoH ra' *yoDtargh*.
>>>
>>>
>>> qayajchu'
>>> bIQaghbejlI' *yoDtargh*
>>> DoS chImlaw' boQeq
>>
>>yoDtargh has become plural?
>>
>>> HolQeDvaD *spoonerism* vIbuSqu'taH
>>> vInIDbej
>>
>But I thought that the "bIQaghbejlI' *yoDtargh*" {*yoDtargh*, You are
>certainly in the progress of making a mistake. You are aiming at an empty
>target.} was singular. How is this plural ? I thought {bI-} was "You (no
>object)" ?
I think the problem is that while "bI-" is indeed singular, no-object, the
next line has "bo-", which is *plural*, 3rd-person object.
~mark