tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 24 05:28:23 1994
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Re: open can of worms
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: open can of worms
- Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 17:17:31 -0400
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> (message from TommyLee Whitlock on Mon, 22 Aug 1994 15:26:34 -0500)
>From: TommyLee Whitlock <[email protected]>
>Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 15:26:34 -0500
>Hebrew should have it as a hiph'il construction but again, I don't have the ref
>'s to back
>it up here at work and I suppose that other Semitic languages would also work w
>ith
>causative constructions.
>From what I've seen, Hebrew uses "l'hashkot", a hif`il, yes, but not of the
normal verb "lishtot"/to drink. I don't recall ever hearing a pa`al form
of SH.Q.H. See Genesis 24:14.
>Most of these constructions have to do giving drink to animals.
See Genesis 24:18 and Esther 1:7 for cases used with humans, off the top of
my head.
>Cheers
>_________________________________________
> e'osai ko sarji la lojban
mi ja'a sarji .i mi ji'a sarji le me la'o ty. tlhIngan ty. bangu
>TommyLee Whitlock, la tomis
~mark