tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 15 08:45:20 1994
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Re: -lu'
>Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 13:02:25 -0500
>Originator: [email protected]
>From: "R.B Franklin" <[email protected]>
>On Wed, 14 Dec 1994 [email protected] wrote:
>[...]
>> But we do have
>> {ba'lu'} as a canonical verb, showing that intransitives do take {-lu'}. As
>> much as some people may not like it, that's canon, and it does fit in with
>> the grammar as a whole. {-lu'} has little to do with the object.
>I am very surprised to learn that {-lu'} can be used on intransitive verbs.
>Please cite the source where this verb appears.
TKD, page 171. Translation of "Is this seat taken", given as "*quSDaQ ba'
lu''a'", which is obviously rife with typos. Correcting, we get "quSDaq
ba'lu''a'" for "Is someone/something sitting in the seat?"
>> Guido
>yoDtargh
~mark