tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 08 07:53:00 1998
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Re: KLBC: Practice with -meH
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Practice with -meH
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 09:52:54 CDT
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 07 Sep 1998 22:53:25 -0700
> >> > The prisoner escaped by making a tunnel.
> >> narghmeH 'och chenmoH qama'.
> >
ja' ghunchu'wI':
> "The prisoner makes an escape tunnel."
> "In order that he escapes, the prisoner makes a tunnel."
> Neither of the possibilities really says he *used* the tunnel. I see
> the original idea as more of a cause-and-effect idea than a purpose:
>
> 'och chenmoHmo' qama' narghta'.
>
jIQoch. you want {'och chenmoH} to be the cause for the idea
expressed by {-ta'} I think. But it is not the reason why he
escaped. How about:
'och chenmoH qama' 'ej narghmeH 'ochvam lo'(ta').
Marc Ruehlaender
aka HomDoq
[email protected]