tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 26 18:06:22 1995
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Re: Hungry?
Mon, 26 Jun 1995, ghItlh majIq:
> Which do you think is better:
>
> 'oj jIH
Don't forget your verb prefixes. This would be {jI'oy.}
You use {X jIH} when {X} is a noun.
> or taS vIneH ?
To me {taS} sounds too much like a chemical term and this sentence may
not neccessarily mean you want it to drink. You could be asking a
chemist for the bottle of acid.
I would say: jItlhutlh vIneH. (I want to drink.)
Note that you don't need {'e'} for a sentence-as-object construction when
the main verb is {neH} (Sec. 6.2.5.)
> and, in the same vein:
>
> ghung jIH or Soj vIneH ?
Likewise, I would either say {jIghung} (I'm hungry) or {jISop vIneH} (I
want to eat.) I think either of these is equally okay to use.
> -majIq
yoDtargh