tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 24 08:39:31 1996
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Re: What is it made of?
>Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:12:16 -0700
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>On Tue, 15 Oct 1996 12:31:33 -0700 "Mark E. Shoulson"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> >Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:10:31 -0700
>> >From: [email protected]
>>
>> >I want to learn how to say "The ship's hull is made of metal."
>>
>> Duj Som chenmoH[lu']meH, baS lo'lu'.
>>
>> Howzat?
>Don't the {-moHlu'} combination kinda cancel each other out? I'd say:
>chenmeH Duj Som, baS lo'lu'.
Hmm. Not necessarily, since it could be a "true" indefinite subject as
opposed to the more passive-voice reading (i.e. when someone built the
ship... that's what the someone used). But I agree that a lone "chen"
would be better, even here.
Actually, would it? In order for the ship to take form, metal was
used... used by what? by whom? You could even say "baS lo'" the HULL used
the metal, to take form with.
>Another, perhaps simpler approach:
>
>Duj SomvaD baS lu'lo'.
>
>Or even BETTER, perhaps:
>
>Duj SomvaD chenpu' baS.
>
>Do I hear brains tweaking?
Mine, at least (though your last effort leaves me puzzled). majQa'!
~mark