tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 02 03:48:50 1995
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Re: bIjatlh 'e' yImev
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: bIjatlh 'e' yImev
- Date: Tue, 2 May 95 12:48:33 METDST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "William H. Martin" at Apr 30, 95 10:49 am
- Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
>
> Anyway, {Da} does explicitly say "behave in the manner of". It
> does not just say, "behave", leaving us to add the
> prepositional sense to it with our wide interpretation of what
> qualifies as an object. Why do this for {Da} without doing it
> for {jeS}?
>
Maybe he just didn't want to say Da = behave in the manner
(i.e. leaving the preposition out)
and Da = behave is ambiguous, as it could as well mean
to behave well...
Marc Doychlangan
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