tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 02 06:25:12 1998
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KLBC: Asterix
- From: "Eduardo Fonseca" <[email protected]>
- Subject: KLBC: Asterix
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 00:49:53 -0200
mughuHmoH Qov
>At 18:17 98-01-28 -0800, edy wrote:
>}The Asterix histories invective:
>}
>}nachlIjDaq chal Dupumjaj - May the sky fall down over your head
>
>The verb prefixes indicate the direct object, not the person who is affected
>by implication. The object of the verb {pum} here is "your head" a third
>person singular object.
>
>{'oy' nachwIj} NOT {*vI'oy' nachwIj}.
>{juHraj Qaw' SuS} NOT {*juHraj lIQaw' SuS}
>{qechmeyraj tlho' po'wI'} NOT {*qechmeyraj nItlho' po'wI'}
>
>So:
>{nachlIjDaq chal pumjaj}
bIlugh .. it - it, 0- prefix.
>Note that it takes this order ONLY as a toast. As a general statement the
>subject {chaj} would follow the verb.
And about this construction:
reH qa'pu' QaQ lItlhejjaj
(May the good spirits accompany you (all) always)
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