tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 13 12:16:54 1996
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Re: tlhab jaj
- From: Robert Darke <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tlhab jaj
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 96 20:04:29 GMT
- Organization: Parallel Dimensions
> > QaQ 'oH. vIleghpu'.
> > jabbI'IdghomDaq lut wanI'mey DIja'chuqchugh 'ej vaj lut De' wI'angchugh,
> > (lut legh 'e' Hech nuvpu''e')vaD lut bel QIH 'oH
>
> {lut legh 'e' Hech nuvpu''e'} = is a relative clause used as a noun, and
> that noun wants a -vaD suffix: "for people who intend to see the story": where
> should the -vaD go?
Warning ... newbie comments approaching ... still, I ought to be an active
member of the list, oughtn't I ... so I'll carry on ... :-)
I'd have cast it using "if" rather than "for" in the context of "if people
intend to see the story". I don't know but I think it conveys the meaning
better than {-vaD} -- {-vaD} seems to me to indicate a recipient of
something or some action and saying that you are not doing something "for
them" using the {-vaD} form of "for" seems strange to me as the intent
doesn't come across.
Hmmm. Maybe I'm talking rubbish.
Lets see ...
{lut lulegh luneHchugh vay' lut vIQIHqangbe'}
Which I mean to be read as
"If they want to see the story (THEN) I'm not willing to damage the story".
hmmm... I see your point though ... where should I have put the "-chugh" ?
It could be read
"If they want to then they will see the story. I am not willing to damage
the story"
which is a subtly different meaning.
But then you'd have to have a sentence conjunction so that the second
sentence attached properly (assuming some decent punctuation was in use). So
I guess, by noticing the lack of sentence conjunction you could surmise that
the "if" clause applies to the second sentence so then the first bit is just
a verb clause and is the object of the "want" ... hmmm ... complicated ... I
think a little much for a newbie like me ... :-)
Am I talking rubbish or sense ?
yIn nI' Daghajjaj!
Rob
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