tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 16 18:18:57 1998
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Re: veS
At 17:04 98-04-16 -0700, ter'eS wrote:
}At 09:47 AM 4/16/98 -0700, Voragh wrote:
}
}> yejquv DevwI' moj ghawran 'e' wuqta' cho' 'oDwI' Dapu'bogh janluq pIqarD HoD.
}> Gowron ... named leader of the High Council by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who
}> was acting as Arbiter of Succession. (SkyBox S25)
}>
}What is the distinction between this use of {Da} and the KGT verb {gheS},
}I wonder?
{Da} is act as, {gheS} is actually assume the position. When I went away
for a couple of weeks at Christmas, {BG Da charghwI'}. When I join the
ranks of the ex-BGs, {BG gheS vay'}.
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Beginners' Grammarian