tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 17 07:53:52 1998
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Re: KLBCbej: jIyIntaH
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBCbej: jIyIntaH
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 19:05:56 -0400
From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
> "The meaning of {-ta'} can also be indicated syntactically. That is,
> instead of using the suffix {-ta'}, a special verbal construction can
> follow the verb which indicates the accomplished action. This special
> verb is {rIn} 'be finished, accomplished', and in this usage it
> always takes the suffix {-taH} 'continuous' ... and the third-person
> pronominal prefix (0).
>
>Since {rIntaH} "It is accomplished! It is done!" is a replacement for
{-ta'}
>on the main verb, in effect it acts as another Type 7 suffix and I suspect
>cannot be used together with {-taH} or any other Type 7.
I've sometimes wondered if {rIntaH} might be comparable to the structure of
{targhlIj yIngagh, yIruch} or {QaghmeylIj tIchID, yIyoH}.
Qa'vam De' vIje', rIntaH.
I purchased the Genesis data, it's finished.
"Special verbal construction" is vague enough, and the grammar of these
"add-on" sentences is pretty loose, so that one might think of {rIntaH} as
just another add-on which has become relatively common.
SuStel
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