tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 08 19:20:06 1998
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Re: DIS chu' Quch
ja' Eduardo Fonseca:
> You are using the stative verb << Quch >> as an adjective.
>But if you use it as a verb? << DIS chu' yIQuch >> You happy (v) the new year.
>It would sound strange at first time but I think it make sense.
It does sound strange, but I *can* make sense out of it if I treat the
phrase {DIS chu'} as a timestamp instead of an object. I won't easily
accept a transitive {Quch}. But since the new year occurs over a long
time rather than an instant, I'd treat it as a duration instead of as a
simple time marker: {qaStaHvIS DIS chu' yIQuch}
-- ghunchu'wI'