tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 06 22:51:17 2014
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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tul
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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>ghItlhpu' 'eD, jatlh:<br>> All examples of {tul} seem to have a sentence-as-object construction with<br>> {'e'} as in "vIq pISam 'e' vItul" ("I hope we find battle"). An alternative<br>> construction might be a clause with {-meH} as in "vIq pISammeH jItul"<br>> ("I hope for our finding battle").<br><br>Sorry to be a pain, but {pI-} is for when the object is second person singular - that is, singular "you". {vIq pISam} is "we find you battle". When the object is *third* person singular, the appropriate prefix is {wI-}: {vIq wISam} "we find battle".<br><br>Also, the version with the {-meH} clause doesn't quite have the same meaning. It implies that the hoping will somehow be the cause of the event; that through hoping, we will be able to find battle. That's not really what you're after here.<br><br>QeS<br> </div></body>
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