tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Mar 12 15:16:24 1999
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Re: muD Dotlh
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: muD Dotlh
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 18:16:23 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:51:42 -0800 (PST) [email protected]
wrote:
> In a message dated 3/11/1999 9:26:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> << >bIQuchqa'mo' jIQuch je jIH.
> >
> >Interesting construction. {je} refers to "Here, too," right? I always
> >thought it would mean "It is snowing here, besides raining, for example."
>
> Nope. {je} is a *noun* conjunction, and following a verb it adds the
> "also, too" idea to the meaning of either the subject or object of the
> sentence.
>
> TKD 5.3, page 55: {qaleghpu' je} "I also saw you, I saw you too"
> Its ambiguity is noted by saying it could mean either "I and others
> saw you" or "I saw you and others." It does *not* mean something
> like "I saw you in addition to hearing you."
> >>
> ======================================
> QIn wa'DIch DapoD 'e' vItu'.
poDmoH.
> ghItlh charghwI' {naDev je peD}.
chaq jIQaghpu'. ghaytan jIQaghpu'. Qapba' <naDev peD je.>
jIyepbe'pu'.
> mu'tlhegh
> {bIQuchqa'mo' jIQuch je jIH.} vIqonpu'. 'ach charghwI' mu'tlheghmo' jItlhob.
ghaytan mu'tlheghlIj qaq law' mu'tlheghwIj qaq puS.
> mu'tlheghwIj Dapoj 'ach charghwI' mu'tlhegh DabuSbe' 'ej mujangbe'.
mu'tlheghwIj vInuD 'ej jIQaghlaw'.
> mataghqa'! mu'tlhegh {naDev je peD} wIpoj vIneHbej. nuq 'oS mu'tlheghvam mu'
> {je}?
QaghwIj 'oS.
> peHruS
charghwI' 'utlh