tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 22 11:15:26 1998
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Re: RE: Coffee is ready
- From: "Qermaq" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: RE: Coffee is ready
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:17:39 -0400
ghItlh charghwI' SuStel je:
>>>tlhutlhbeHlu'.
>
>Am I the only one who thinks this is quite definitely wrong? The subject is
>unspecified. This does not suddenly make {-beH} refer to the object. It
>just means that unspecified things are set up to do something. In this
>case, the unspecified things are set up to drink something (also
>unspecified). This is not the correct meaning.
maQochbe', SuStel. The subject is "someone/something" when <-lu'> is used.
<tlhutlhlu'> might translate "It is being drunk" or "It is drunk (not
intoxicated)", but the true translation is "Someone/something drinks (it)".
Adding <-beH> simply makes it clear that <-lu'> means "something", not
"someone", and that that something is set up to imbibe. Odd in the least.
qa'vIn vIvutta'. Datlhutlh DaneHchugh, yIruch.
Qermaq