tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 01 23:53:18 1994
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Re: Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
On Sat, 30 Jul 1994, ghItlhpu' HoD trI'Qal:
> > On Thu 21 Jul 94 06:54, ghItlhpu' Mark E. Shoulson:
> >
> > >>Perhaps {yuch SopbeHchoHlu'} is better?
> > >Not really. "-beH" means the subject of the verb is some device
> > >that is properly configured to perform the verb. In this case,
> > >the subject of the verb is indefinite (that's what "-lu'" means;
> > >it's *NOT* passive). So some indefinite something is
> > >configured...? I'd expect that something which can do eating is
> > >more likely to be "-rup" than "-beH" (yes, I'd use "-rup" with an
> > >animal. Well, maybe not when my parents were watching). Maybe
> > >"yuch Soprup vay'" or "yuch Sopruplu'", if you must say something
> > >like that.
> > I would say:
> > Soplu'meH yuchbeH
> Except that this is grammitically incorrect. -lu' means there is an
> indefinite subject... and you are trying to have a subject of <yuch>.
chuQun shakes her head and rolls her eyes. "WHat have I started?" she
asks the Powers That Be
<Hoch'u' tebtaH HoSpu'> = PTB???
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chuQun