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Re: Klingon WOTD: nIHwI' (noun)

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: Klingon WOTD: nIHwI' (noun)
• Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:56:08 EDT

In a message dated 3/24/2008 23:15:54 PM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> Do we have any canonical help with the distinction between {nIH} and
> {Hej}?   The difference between the English glosses is pretty darn
> subtle, if not nonexistent, depending on context.
> 

I don't see any canon usage at all for either {nIH} or {Hej}, but the English 
difference between "steal" and "rob" mirrors the difference between {jatlh} 
and {ja'}.  
In "A robs B", A takes something from B, while in "A steals B", A takes B 
from someone.  

If {nIH} and {Hej} match English usage, then to say all three arguments (A 
stole B from C) you can say, e.g., {C Hej A. B nIH}.
Or would it be better as {C Hej. B nIH A}  or {C Hej 'ej B nIH A}?

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