tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 06 11:30:41 1994
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Re: *sigh*
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: *sigh*
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 94 14:30:31 EST
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Mark E. Shoulson" at Dec 6, 94 12:52 pm
According to Mark E. Shoulson:
>
...
> Maybe better would be something like:
>
> "mamej 'e' yIchaw'" lutlhobmeH, tlhIngan Hol lulo'laHpa', mej 'e' wItuch.
'IHqu' mutlheghvam. vIparHa'qu'. pIj QaQ je latlhmey
DaghItlhbogh, 'ach mutlheghvam'e' vItIvqu'.
'ach wa' ghom chenmoHbe' nuvpu'vam. //jImej 'e' yIchaw'//
lutlhob qar'a'? ^^
...
> >In the sentence above, I was trying to use {neH} to modify the preceeding
> >subordinate clause:
> >{luthloblaHDI'} (when they can ask it)
> >{lutlhoblaHDI' neH} (just/only when they can ask it)
>
> You are trying to apply "neH" not to the verb, but to the *suffix*:
> i.e. only *when* they can ask. Sort of like {*lutlhoblaHDI'qu'}, if you
> could put -qu' after -DI' (you can't).
Good point. I missed that completely.
> ~mark
>
charghwI'
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