tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 19 09:26:11 2004

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Re: KLBC: "while they tried to escape"

ruehli ([email protected]) [KLI Member]



Von:     QeS lagh <[email protected]>
> I was just going to simplify this to "while they tried to regroup". I was 
> originally thinking {ghomqa' 'e' lunIDtaHvIS} but an aspect suffix is 
> illegal here, and if I can't use {-taH}, I can't use {-vIS} either. 
> {ghomqa'taHvIS 'e' lunID} doesn't work, since {-taHvIS} marks a subordinate
> clause, and for a subordinate clause to exist it has to have something to be
> subordinate to.
> 
> What can I do?? :)
> 
repat the verb....

ghomqa' 'e' lunID. nIDtaHvIS...




Marc Ruehlaender
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