tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 10 14:22:59 1998
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Re: KLBC - jIqeqtaH
KLBC -
ja' pagh:
> mujang tuv'el:
>
> > tera' vIttlhegh ngo':
> > "naDev Soj QoQ je tu'lu'" jatlh vIghro' DIron SoptaHvIS.
> > ["There's meat and music here," said the fox as he ate the
> > bagpipes.]
> "meat" is literally <Ha'DIbaH>, but your selection of <Soj> works much
> better. To be strictly correct, the <tu'lu'> should probably be
> <lutu'lu'>, but the <lu-> prefix is often left off, especially on
> <tu'lu'>.
>
toH. I thought that since <Soj> and <QoQ> were both singular, that <tu'lu'>
would be used instead of <lutu'lu'>. Am I right in my thought that a word
with a plural concept (like <cha> "torpedoes") would be considered
"singular" for matching up the verb prefix? naDev cha tu'lu'.
> > jIqaw'eghmoH.
> "remember" is <qaw>, and "destroy" is <Qaw'>. I assume you meant one of
> these.
>
I meant <qaw> "remember."
> pagh
> Temporary Beginners' Grammarian
- tuv'el, pach puqloD