tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Aug 08 07:46:40 1994
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Re: Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
On Fri, 5 Aug 1994, HoD trI'Qal wrote:
> 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???
> 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'>)
jIyaj. <tlhengHom> vIparHa'
--cQ