tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 15 12:47:19 1996

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RE: story, part 4



December 12, 1996 10:15 PM, jatlh Deborah Kay:

> SuStel, you refer me to TKW p. 199 and that's interesting because that's 
what 
> I was thinking about when I used the verb {SaH}.

heh . . . one of trI'Qal's jokes at qep'a' wejDIch:

*knock knock!*
SaH 'Iv?

> Now you've asked for "me" to comment on something "you" wrote.  This feels 
> strange, but here goes.   {HIvDI' velqa, HoSDaj naQ lo' 'ej mangHom mer.}  I 

> took this to be a further description of what just happened.  Would this be 
> the time for an aspect marker?

No.  The time context is set when I say {HIvDI'}.  "When she attacks" is when 
the action occurs, so no aspect is needed.

> {botrupbe' mangHom vaj 'uSdu' mupqu' velqa!}  I'd prefer: bot mangHom 'e' 
> nIDbej.  vaj 'uSDaj pupqu' velqa.  pum mangHom 'ej ghopDajvo' pum mangHom 
> betleH.  (I had to get that back in).  nom HughDaj ghoS velqa betleH.

maj.

> I want to add the following if it is grammatically correct:  HughDajDaq 
betleH 
> 'uchtaHvIS, mangHomvaD jatlh velqa, "Doghjey."

Sounds good.

-- 
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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