tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 18 20:43:03 1998
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Re: A few phrases.
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: A few phrases.
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 18:45:08 -0500
From: William H. Martin <[email protected]>
>While I respect the validity of your observation, I'm curious as
>to whether or not you can come up with a useage of {vogh} that
>would NOT require {-Daq} then, besides with verbs like {ghoS}
>and {leng}.
Doing so is not at all required. Okrand says there are three words like
this, {naDev}, {pa'}, and {Dat}, not that only three nouns of this TYPE are
known. So three words there are, not four.
And I'm sure someone can come up with such a usage, given the right need.
Just because you can't think of one doesn't mean there can't be one.
Here's the first idea I had, and it also includes normal noun usage of the
non-Daq location nouns:
Hurgh naDev. Hurgh pa'. wov'a' vogh?
It's dark here. It's dark over there. Is there someplace that's bright?
This is just a quick idea, and I'm sure someone else can come up with
another. But again, it's not even that important.
Okrand says three, not four. It's as simple as that.
SuStel
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