tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Feb 08 19:21:04 1998
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Re: KLBC:QonoS ra'wI' QIv baroS SD98020.5
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC:QonoS ra'wI' QIv baroS SD98020.5
- Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 19:19:54 -0800
At 17:28 98-02-08 -0800, ghunchu'wI' wrote:
}loQ baroS lughmoHlI' Qov:
}>}luHIvpu'lu' *outpost* 'e' wItu'.
}>
}>Suffix order error. {-lu'} is V5, {-pu'} is V7.
}
}The word order is also in error. The outposts are the object of the verb
}and should come first.
}
}The translation was "We discovered that the outpost had been attacked."
}So there's a prefix error too, as {lu-} says that the object is plural.
}
}(I'd probably use {waw'} or {waw'Hom} for a military outpost, and {mID}
}or {mIDHom} for a non-military one.)
}
}Don't worry, Qov, I almost missed the other problems here too. I think
}the misordered suffixes pull so much attention away from the meaning of
}the sentence that it's hard to see what's wrong with its syntax.
Actually it was the English word. My thought process went: "They attacked
them .. hmm, misordered suffixes, ... English word, who cares ... we
observed that."
I knew I wasn't being ultra careful on the long post. I'm sure I missed
something else, too.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian