tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 15 18:27:04 1998
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RE: jabbI'ID cha'
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: jabbI'ID cha'
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:03:12 -0700
> toH, pagh: tlhu'moHlaH chuvmey mojaqmey 'ej nIjonlaw'pu' ...
>> I read this as "They slowly implant ...", which is not
>> what you want. Here is my suggestion: <nomqu' QaptaH tIqDaj
>> 'ej qay'. tIqDajDaq jotmeH jan lulan HaqwI'.>
> */nomqu'/ ?? A verbal affix on an adverb?
I have used <nomqu'> for a long time, and I have a vague feeling it
might be used somewhere in canon (I think Qugh HoD said it once). That
is hardly a valid defense, and I should not have used it in a KLBC. In
any case, the {-qu'} is unnecessary and can be removed.
> How about: "they will install a device to de-accelerate her
> heart"? There may be a noun you can use to clarify what about
> her heart will be slowed, and some people may object to jom,
> maybe preferring {ghaHDaq lulan}.
> /tIqDaj chungHa'meH jan lujom/
> It is ambiguois (and unimportant) whether the {-meH} clause
> describes the noin or the verb.
mu'tlheghlIj nIv law' mu'tlheghwIj nIv puS. Both {chungHa'} and {jom}
are superior vocabulary choices. I don't see how anybody could object to
{jom} "install (a device)". That seems to be exactly what's happening.
pagh