tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 27 02:33:47 1998
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Re: KBLC - READ THIS ONE TOO
> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 15:54:21 -0700 (PDT)
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> From: Qov <[email protected]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: KBLC - READ THIS ONE TOO
> At 03:53 98-04-25 -0700, Natahn Grange wrote:
> }
> }janlI' belHa'wI'
> }your cruel device
>
> "your [animate] device's displeased one"
>
> }[your device](found: cruel)
> }
> }one/thing who ungives pleasure
>
> bel - be pleased
> belHa' - be displeased
> belHa'wI' - one who is displeased
pojwI' lied to me!!!!!!
}>:-(
>
> But look at the type 4 verb suffix.
> belHa'moH - cause to be displeased
> belHa'moHwI' - thing that causes displeasure, thing that displeases
>
> Note that the mere juxtaposition of words doesn't necesarily give them the
> relationship you wanted them to have.
>
> janlI' belHa'moHwI' means something like "The displeasurer of your device"
> It might be a component, perhaps.
>
> Qov [email protected]
> Beginners' Grammarian
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>