tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 16 19:58:15 1994
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Re: KLBC: Re: rI' nobmey nobw...
- From: Niall Hosking <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Re: rI' nobmey nobw...
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 12:54:23 +0100 (BST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "William H. Martin" at Aug 16, 94 05:01:12 pm
>
> The difference that I see is that if you wish to convey "And I
> see trI'Qal", then you want {'ej} at the beginning. As it says
> in TKD 5.3, the use of {je} following a verb is less a
> conjunction for the verb than it is for the subject or object,
> and it is ambiguous as to which it refers.
>
> You seem to be saying that "I saw trI'Qal, too," means "And I
> saw trI'Qal." The conjunction "and" adds something, and in this
> case, for me, it means, "I did something to trI'Qal and I also
> saw her." Two verbs, one spoken and one unspoken, probably
> referring to an earlier sentence.
>
> Meanwhile, TKD 5.3 interprets {je} after a verb to mean either,
> "I and someone else saw trI'Qal," or "I saw trI'Qal and someone
> else." See the difference? {je} is a conjunction for nouns.
> {'ej} is a conjunction for verbs. The former implies multiple
> nouns. The latter implies multiple verbs. Does this help?
>
WAHHH!
I'm still slightly lost. If I wanted to say "I love you" and someone
else replied "I love you too", would that be:
qa{love}tah
'ej qa{love}taH
or have I missed the point completely?
>
> A frustrated 11th level physicist/2nd level grammarian.
>
> charghwI'
>
> And no, physics is just an avocation...
>
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