tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 16 08:46:57 1995
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Re: TLHINGAN-HOL digest 289
- From: Jarno Peschier <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: TLHINGAN-HOL digest 289
- Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 17:48:16 -0100
At 20:29 15-11-95 -0800, you wrote:
>Jarno Peschier writes:
>>...wej Dochvetlh vISovbe'; pongmeyvetlh vIleghbe'pu'...
>
>{wej} means either "three" or "not yet". The prefix {vI-} doesn't
>help me to resolve the ambiguity; it applies to both singular and
>plural objects.
You mean the difference between "I don't know that (thing) yet" and "I don't
know those three things"?
>Because you used {-be'} on the verb, I'm inclined
>to translate it as "three". I don't think that's what you intended,
>though.
That's right. I meant to say that I didn't know that yet.
>If you mean "I don't know that thing yet," then I think you
>need to drop the {-be'} to say "I do not yet know that thing."
So simply "wej Sov" for "not know yet"? Seems logical enough.
Thanks.
Jarno Peschier, [email protected], 2:2802/245.1@Fido
162:100/100.1@Agora, 74:3108/102.1@QuaZie, 27:2331/214.1@SigNet
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