tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 26 13:50:56 2006
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Re: Slench... SuvwI'vaD ghaH?
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Slench... SuvwI'vaD ghaH?
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:50:38 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Shane MiQogh, ja':
>Isn't wejmaH tupmey what i put?
Nope, it was {tupmey wejmaH} that you said. Anyway, if you realise the
mistake, then that's OK, and we don't need to talk about that one any more.
{{:)
jIghItlhpu', jIja':
>Better, then, would have been {Sumchugh} "if it is close" instead of
>{Dacholchugh} "if you get near it".
jangtaH Shane MiQogh, ja':
>That would work... just seems funny to me since the creature of subject
>is pretty much stationary.
Well, which is it that moves? You or the creature? If you're the one that
moves, then {Dacholchugh} is probably OK to use.
{Sum} just describes something being near. It doesn't necessarily say that
something is *becoming* near; when something {Sum}s, it isn't necessarily
moving. However, when something {chol}s, it *is* moving: changing from
further away to closer, if you like. {SumchoH} "become near" is pretty close
in meaning to {chol}.
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
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