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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] chIjwI' tIQ bom: {baQ} {DeH} je

De'vID ([email protected]) 

<p><br>
QeS &#39;utlh:<br>
&gt; chIrgh leng wIlengtaHvIS maH tay&#39;<br>
&gt; mutlhejqangchugh nuv QaQ,<br>
&gt; Dunqu&#39;; jIHvaD lengvetlh &#39;ey DeH<br>
&gt; SawwI&#39; &#39;uQ&#39;a&#39; &#39;ey baQ!<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; O sweeter than the marriage-feast,<br>
&gt; &#39;Tis sweeter far to me,<br>
&gt; To walk together to the kirk<br>
&gt; With a goodly company!<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; {maH tay&#39;} lajlu&#39; &#39;e&#39; vISIv. &#39;ach vIlaj jIH&#39;e&#39; &#39;ej vIparHa&#39;. {{:)</p>
<p>It may just be me, but I read {wIlengtaHvIS maH mutlhej nuv} as &quot;a person accompanies *us* while *we* travel&quot;, i.e., the {maH} excludes the (additional) companion.  Even with {maH tay&#39;}, I&#39;m inclined to interpret this as the speaker already being a part of a group, which is then accompanied by an additional person.  Otherwise, the additional companion would be {tlhej}ing him/herself, which doesn&#39;t quite work in my mind.  </p>

<p>Also, why do you use {chIrgh leng} rather than just {chIrgh}?  IIRC (and I may be wrong about this) {wI-} on {leng} indicates that the object is the destination, so {chIrgh leng wIleng} would mean &quot;we walk to the church trip&quot;, where &quot;church trip&quot; is the destination.  Or do we have canon usage of {leng} where the object is a path?  If you need a syllable there for meter, maybe {chIrghDaq wIleng...} would work?</p>

<p>--<br>
De&#39;vID</p>

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