tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Oct 21 16:52:23 1993
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Re: (Ha' vs. be')
tlha'bogh Doch jatlh marqoS:
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: \I thought -Ha' was "to undo"? If muS is "to hate", then you'd want muSbe'
: \wouldn't you? It's a thin line, but I was always under the impression that
: \"-be'" NEGATED the verb, while "-Ha'" UNDID the verb...
: Exactly. So "qamuSbe'" is "I don't hate you", whereas "qamuSHa'" is
: "I dishate you", or "I love you". Very different meanings. It's analogous to
: "like" and "dislike" - which are "parHa'" and "par" in TKD. Ample
: justification for "muSHa'" as "love", IMHO.
For those Lojbanists out there, then, it seems to me that >-be'< corresponds
(roughly) to {na'e} (other_than), while >-Ha'< corresponds (equally roughly) to
{to'e} (polar_opposite).
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: -marqoS
:
Qapla' Qichqemwi'vo'.
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