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Re: KLBC: Question about -bogh



jupoywI' vuD vIQochqu'neS.

vIghItlh:

> >* yaSvaD 'oH yuchvam'e'.
> 
> >This is not a valid sentence. You are going from the English,
> >"This chocolate is for the officer," and you are not
> >considering the limits of the <noun pronoun noun'e'>
> >construction...
> [...]
> >My problem is with "This is for". You are already in need of
> >recasting. What do you mean by, "This is for"? You need to find
> >a better way of expressing this thought.

ghItlhta' *ghuy'Do*:

> chaq Qay'qu'be'nIS charghwI'. 

qaStaHvIS poH nI' choSov. mu'vamDaq jIQay'pu' 'e' DaHarchugh
vaj chaq choSovchu'be'. vIQay'DI' DaSovbej. DaH bIQagh. jIbergh
neH.

> ghoHlaHchu' ghaH; 'ach wa''e' tlhojbe' je, 'e'
> vItu'.

"He clearly can argue; but I notice that he/she/it/they does/do
not realize ONE." nuqjatlh?

> <yaSvaD 'oH yuchvam'e'>
> 
> pab mu'tlheghvam'e', pabDaj rurchu'mo' je pabvam'e' qonbogh *Okrand*: <pa'Daq
> jIHtaH>. 

ghobe'. qarbe'. rurbe'chuq cha' mu'tlheghvam. //nuqDaq// jangDI'
*pronoun* le' ghu'. mu'tlhegh wa'DIchDaq //nuqDaq// jangbe'
*pronoun* 'ej lugh mu'tlhegh net SovlaHbe'. 

> vaj pab <yaSvaD 'oH yuchvam'e'>, 'e' chaw'bej tlhIngan Hol
> mu'ghom'a'. *Pronoun* tlha'laH wot, tlhejDI' je mojaq Segh vagh.

wot? nuqDaq wot? DIp Dalo' 'e' DaHech'a'? 'ej qatlh mojaq Segh
vagh tlhej *pronoun* Delbe' tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom'a'.
"Similarly, there is no verb corresponding to TO BE in the
sense of 'to be at a place.'" This is not the same thing as
justifying the use of any Type 5 noun suffix here.

> ghuy'Do
> 

charghwI'
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