tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 16 08:43:36 1998
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Re: KLBC: Re: TLHINGAN-HOL digest 695
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Re: TLHINGAN-HOL digest 695
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:48:30 -0400
From: Qov <[email protected]>
>}jIghojtaHvIS nughvam vIjeSqu' 'e' vIHech.
>
>I should point out that we don't know that {jeS} can take an object: it
>isn't "participate in." But we need the damned word so badly that almost
>everyone cheats and uses it as you just did.
Which is not to say that you should do it.
jIjeS.
I participate.
qep'a' loSDIchDaq jIjeS.
I participated at {qep'a' loSDIch}. I was at the physical location of
{qep'a' loSDIch} and participated.
qep'a' loSDIchvaD jIjeS.
I participated, and the beneficiary of that participation was {qep'a'
loSDIch}.
You could say, {jIghojtaHvIS, nughvamvaD jIjeStaH 'e' vIHech} "While I am
learning, I intend to be participating in this society."
SuStel
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