tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Nov 26 14:15:44 1995
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Re: "soup"
In a message dated 95-11-25 20:49:19 EST, you write:
>peHruS writes:
>>This gives {bIQDaq vutta'bogh targh}, not a complete sentence, but a
>>grammatically correct phrase.
>
>Grammatically correct, yes. Conceptually correct? Not quite. This
>word order puts the targ as the SUBJECT here, and I do not think you
>really mean to referr to a (rather talented) targ which accomplishes
>cooking. If you want the targ to be cooked, then {targh} must be the
>OBJECT of the verb {vut}.
HIvqa' veqlargh vIjach jay'
bIQDaq targh vutta'bogh Doch 'e' vIghItlhpu' 'e' vIHech
'ach rut nom vIghItlh 'ej QIt vIQub
mubaQmeH qatlho'
peHruS