tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 18 04:25:03 1994
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Re: KLBC: Re: rI' nobmey nobw...
- From: Susan Farmer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Re: rI' nobmey nobw...
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 16:21:06 -0400
>According to Susan Farmer:
>
>> er, um, ... Why is {bang} "wrong" for love and {muSHa'} "right"?
>> If {bang} doesn't mean love, what does it mean?
>>
>> tevram is confused.
>>
>>
>{bang} is a NOUN. It means "love" as in "You are my true love."
>It does not mean "love" as in "I love you." {muSHa'} is a VERB.
>When I try to explain the difference between {-be'} and {-Ha'}
>these days, I tend to say that {-be'} is a passive negative,
>while {-Ha'} is an aggressive negative, similar to the
>difference between the statements:
>
>"It is not that I like you."
>"It is that I dislike you."
>
< wonderful explanation deleted>
>
>charghwI'
>
>
Thank you. Now I understand.
tevram