tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 27 22:42:21 1998
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Re: Correct me if I'm wrong but..
- From: "Nathan Grange" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Correct me if I'm wrong but..
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 17:28:14 -0700
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> From: m109 <[email protected]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
> Subject: Correct me if I'm wrong but..
> Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 6:10 AM
>
>
> > 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!!!!!!
> >}>:-(
>
> I doubt that the lie was intentional (ha ha)
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't jan *device* a thing and so does
not
> merit the possesive suffix -lI' rather -lIj as it is not a being
capable
> of language.
> pojwI' knows this and so would only show the word janlI' not the
> construction jan + -lI'
> I suggest you use janlIj as the construction jan + -lIj is the only
> possible answer that pojwI' could pull up.
>
> Write Back.
> qelayn
yeah, yeah...I just misread the suffix chart....
(keep correcting me tho')