tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 17 19:09:58 1998
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Re: KLBC: nobmey
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: nobmey
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 18:53:09 -0400
From: Qov <[email protected]>
>At 11:59 98-04-15 -0700, you wrote:
>}jIHvaD nobmey vInob'eghpu'. (I gave myself some gifts.)
>}
>}poS ghopDaq, *Replica Viking* Qeb vIghaj. baS chIS 'oH.
>}QebDaq *rune*mey ghItlhpu'.
>
>Good use of ghItlh, except you probably need {ghItlhlu'pu'} "have been
>engraved." Otherwise you're implying a third person subject you never
stated.
I take exception to the first line. Use of {-'egh} requires a "no object"
prefix on the verb. We've seen no evidence that {-'egh} can refer to the
indirect object of a sentence, so you'd have to write:
jIHvaD nobmey vInobpu'.
I have given myself gifts.
>}HoS quvmoH wa'DIch.
>}naQ 'e' quvmoH cha'DIch.
>}quv'egh 'e' quvmoH chorghDIch.
>
>}(On my left hand, I have a replica of a Viking ring.
>}It's silver. Runes are inscribed into the ring. The
>}first honors "strength." The second, "wholeness."
>}The eighth honors the Self.)
>
>You know, I think this is a good place for {-ghach}. I read "the second
>honours its being whole" and "the third honours it honouring itself." This
>really is an instance of turning a verb into a noun concept, and one where
>you don't mind calling attention to the word, so {-ghach} seems like the
>right tool.
>
>{naQtaHghach} and {quv'eghghach} "wholeness" and "self honouring." Also
>consider {'oS} instead of {quvmoH}.
It's more than just "wholeness," it's "ongoing wholeness."
Also, using ordinal suffixes require that the number follow a noun. In this
case, you'd have to talk about runes. {*rune* wa'DIch}, {*rune* cha'DIch},
etc. We have no reason to believe that you can drop the noun.
SuStel
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