tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 01 13:05:20 1994
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Re: paghna'
- From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: paghna'
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 16:05:05 -0500
>From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: paghna'
>
>>jabbI'ID Daj vIghItlh vIneHpu' 'ach vIjatlh vIneHbogh vay' vIchenmoHlaHbe'
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>loQ jIyajbe'... nuq 'oH "vay'" Qu''e'? "vIneHbogh" >subject< 'oHbe'ba':
>"jIH" 'oH >subject<vam'e'. "vIchenmoHlaHbe'" >object< 'oH'a'?
>chaq... 'ach 'oHchugh, nuq 'oH "vIjatlh vIneHbogh" Qu''e'? 'ej pIj pagh
>DIp ghajbogh "-bogh"-mu'tlhegh vIyajlaHbe'.
>
>chaq "vay' vIjatlh vIneHbogh vIchenmoHlaHbe'" DaghItlh DaneH? toH,
>mu'tlheghvam vIyaj. 'ach ach maghoHDI' Guido#1 jIH je, qechvam'e' wIghoH.
HIvqa' veqlargh. "vay' vIjatlh vIneHbogh vIchenmoHlaHbe'" vIjatlhpu' vIneH
>>vaj jabbI'IDvam vIngevta'
>
>'IvvaD vIngevta'? jabbI'IDmey je' 'Iv? je' ghoqwI' neH, qar'a'?
jIQIp jay'. "vaj jabbI'IDvam vIngeHta'" vIjatlhpu' vIneH.
mu'tlheghwIj vIlughmoHmo' DaH Dayaj'a'
...Paul
>For the English-speaking:
> Paul sent out a message with some strange constructions I didn't fully
>understand, including what appeared to be a -bogh clause with all its nouns
>implicit (something that I for some reason have trouble with). He also
>seems to be selling messages. A spy in our midst?
I reversed a bogh clause by mistake, and put in ngev (sell) by mistake,
instead of ngeH (send).
So what's the low-down on -bogh clauses with nouns implicit? Or have I
corrected that, now that I've put vay' on the right (er, left, er correct)
side?
...Paul Again