tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jan 31 17:37:17 1998
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Re: SoSwI' be'nI'
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: SoSwI' be'nI'
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 17:36:16 -0800
At 18:06 98-01-30 -0800, Voragh wrote:
}|shouldn't qa'lIj be qa'lI'?
}|I believe I remember seeing MO say that qa' do speak.
}|I'm still trying to recall where I saw that.
}|
}|DloraH
}
}KGT p. 117:
}
} ghe'torvo' narghDI' qa'pu'
} when spirits escape from Gre'thor
}
}MO says in the discussion: "Note that the word for 'spirit,' {qa'}, takes
}the plural sluffix {-pu'}, which is used for beings capable of using
}language. Spirits do speak."
But presumably you could use {-mey} for spirits that didn't.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian