tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 31 17:36:56 1998
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Re: KLBC: Asterix
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Asterix
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:35:53 -0800
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}
Note that it takes this order ONLY as a toast. As a general statement the
subject {chaj} would follow the verb.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian