tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 27 07:41:08 1995
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Re: mu'qaD - KLBC
- From: [email protected] (Bryan Fields)
- Subject: Re: mu'qaD - KLBC
- Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 07:39:41 -0700
You wrote:
>
>
>Thu, 25 May 1995, ghItlh yIHmey SurghwI':
>
>> >> "You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny"
>> >> bImoHqu' 'ej SutDaq tlhaQ DutuQmoH SoSlI.
>> >
>> >You can drop the {-Daq} in {SutDaq}.
>>
>> Shouldn't there be some sort of indicator of "with" or "in"? I can
>> understand not using {-Daq}, but it didn't sound quite right to me
when
>> I left it off.
>
>{tuQmoH} is listed in TKD as "to put on (clothes)" but it literally
means
>"to cause to wear". {Sut tlhaQ DutuQmoH SoSlI'} means "Your mother
puts
>on you funny clothing" or "Your mother causes you to wear funny
clothing".
>
>> yIHmey SurghwI'
>
>yoDtargh
>
>
Got it; I had missed th edifferene before. Thanks.