tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Apr 16 21:08:05 1996
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Re: New Method for Superlative?
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: New Method for Superlative?
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 23:09:53 -0500
charghwI' writes:
>> And on page 121 he writes <bortaS nIvqu' bortaS'e'>, which he
>> translates as "Revenge is the best revenge".
>
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
>Qu'vatlh! Whose side is this guy on? We now have the use of a
>stative verb used transitively in a parallel construction to
>the use of pronouns with an explicit subject.
Or it might simply be an error, and an intended {'oH} was lost.
This one is different enough from what we would expect that I
suggest we hold off even debating this until we can ask Okrand
for an explanation of the grammar behind it.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj