tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 05 07:25:01 1994

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Re: Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself




chuQunvo':
> 
> 
> 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

It's called "a thread".  Or:  tlheghHom

> 
> <Hoch'u' tebtaH HoSpu'> = PTB???
> -----------------
> chuQun
> 
> 
> 

HUH?  "The powers which are continuously filling the all-universe?

(You can just use <Hoch> to get your meaning across here; you don't need 
<'u'>)

--tQ


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