tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Aug 05 07:25:01 1994
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Re: Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
- From: HoD trI'Qal <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 1994 19:21:06 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Heidi Wessman" at Aug 2, 94 09:44:06 am
chuQunvo':
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> 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???
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> chuQun
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>
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'>)
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