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Re: Just Bored

• From: trI'Qal <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: Just Bored
• Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 16:41:03 -0400 (EDT)

marqemvo':


>Guido #1Daq HoD trI'Qalvo':
>     *    *    *
>
>>I normally translate "be bored" as {Dal ghu'} with a possessive on the
>>{ghu'}:
>>      Dal ghu'wIj     "I'm bored."
>
>We seem to think alike.  This was actually very similar to what was going
>through my mind when I cam up with <Dallaw' Hoch>, but for some reason, <ghu'>
>didn't come to my mind....
>
>     *    *    *
>Sorry if this has already been suggested, but... what about
>     vIDallu'
>?  I.e., "(unspecified) is boring me".

I don't know if anyone mentione this, but the seems to bring up ye ole 
Transitivity Question.  Can verbs that are defined as "to be <blah>" be 
transitive?  And if so, is this how such a verb could be used?


--HoD trI'Qal
  tlhwD lIy So'

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