tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 14 11:09:50 1998
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Re: KLBC (qeqchu'wI'ghom)
: ja' charghwI':
: >Group words do not get the "uses language" suffix because the
: >groups are not capable of using language. Only the members of
: >the group can do that.
:
: Do we really know this for sure, or is it just a well-accepted assumption?
:
: -- ghunchu'wI'
We've always assumed this but now, thanks to KGT, we know for sure. {tuq} "an
ancestral grouping now usually translated as 'house'" (TKW p.34) does not get
the "uses language" suffix:
pInaDqu' tuqlIj wInaDqu' je
Glory to you and your house.
("We praise you highly; we also praise your house highly") KGT (p.178?)
It's the only clear example with 1st or 2nd person possessive suffixes on
"group words" I could find; this distinction isn't made in the 3rd person.
Can
anyone think of another?
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