tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 24 22:02:47 1998
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Re: Quj vIQuj
ja' Lt Barrows <[email protected]>:
>*Populous* vIQuj 'e' vItIv...
wa'logh Qujvam vIlegh. QujwI' vIbejchoH, 'ach Quj QIjqangbe' ghaH.
vaj ta'Daj vIyajbe'taH. QIt loQ vIyajchoH. Quj paq vInej. vIlaDDI'
vIyajbej. Dajlaw' Quj. 'ach vIQujta'be' jIH.
>pabpo'vaD: I wasn't certain about the usage of <ra'>, as regards its use as a
>verb of saying. In some places I used a quote with it, so I used a non-object
>prefix. "<peHIv> jIra'." In other cases, I was saying, "I command them" to do
>something, so I used "vIra'". I'd like some opinions about the correctness or
>lack thereof regarding my usage of <ra'>. tulughmoHneS.
>From the phrase {chay' jura'} on TKD p.70, I tend to use {ra'} as either a
verb of saying or with a {-meH} clause. I don't think I would say something
like {bIjaH 'e' vIra'} for "I command you to go." I'd say {yIjaH qara'}, or
just possibly {bIjaHmeH qara'}.
-- ghunchu'wI'