tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 15 13:06:38 1998
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: KLBCbej: jIyIntaH
ja' Qov:
> ---Christiane Scharf wrote:
> >
> > ja' Qov:
> >
> > > ---HovqIjoywI' wrote:
> > > > muqaw'a' vay'?
> > >
> > > pIqawba'. boch HovqIj; Hov wov rur.
> >
> > jIboch'a'? chay' 'e' DatlhojlaH? yIqaw'eghmoH: logh qIjDaq Hov qIj
>
> neplaw' ponglIj.
nepbe'. jI*inconspicuous*qu'. jItam. le'be' porghwIj. nuvpu' law'
leghlu'chugh vIqawbe'lu'bej. jISaH 'ach vIleghbe'lu'. rur Hov qIj ghu'.
SaH 'ach leghbe'lu'.
>
>
> > mu' SovlIj QaQ law' Hoch nuvpu' mu' Sov QaQ puS net maq. (wej qaqIHmo'
> > vItoblaHbe')
>
> taHchugh laHvetlh jIDo'.
>
> > Well, that's my problem. Is {-taH} + {rIntaH} ungrammatical or just
> > unusual /weird?
>
> rIntaH itself is weird. Whether -taH + rIntaH is ungrammatical is a
> matter of semantics. It's certainly a contradiction. Either it
> continues or it doesn't. Pick one.
>
Hhhmm... <bIyIntaH rIntaH> - <Your continuous living is now over.> or
something like this. Sounds like I'm talking to a God. <bISuv rIntaH> -
<Your fighting is over.> To me, this implies that the person spoken to will
never fight again. <bISuvtaH rIntaH> - <Your ongoing fighting is over.> This
could be said after a battle which went on for a very long time but which is
finally won/lost. Are my thoughts on this extremely weird? I do know this is
something I'll probably (almost) never use, but it happened to me that I
came across it and I hate open questions.
> ==
> Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
>
> _________________________________________________________
> DO YOU YAHOO!?
> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
HovqIj