tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Oct 10 21:11:34 2004
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Re: -be'lu' vs. -lu'be'
jatlh ngabwI'
> FWIW, I personally don't like {tu'lu'be'}. It comes across, to me, as
> meaning something like "no one finds", which would be better expressed as
> {tu' pagh}. Oddly enough, {tu'lu'be'} doesn't grate against my ears until I
> think about it, mostly because I tend to think of it as a verb with only one
> element. Perhaps that's what happened to MO when he coined the only canon
> example of {tu'lu'be'}? {vuDwIj neH 'oH}
Personally, I am rather fond of {tu'lu'be'}. It gives the feeling that
the item or situation it refers to may exist, while no-one has seen it
so it is a hypothetical being discussed.
neH cha' DeQmeywIj
Se'noj
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