tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 15 11:05:38 1994
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Re: -lu'
On Thu, 15 Dec 1994, William H. Martin wrote:
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> > 2) How would YOU say, "It made him/her willing to destroy the ship"?
>
> Presuming that the listing of Qaw' as a noun is an error in TKD
> and that it really is a VERB:
oops. didn't notice that... Qaw' is listed as a noun on both sides. but
its translation is given as "destroy" on both sides, too. i can't think
of any way to use "destroy" as a noun... (aside from naming something
"Destroy"...) can anyone else?
> Duj Qaw'qang ghaH 'e' qaSmoH wanI'/Doch.
>
> I don't like any doubly transitive Qaw'moH constructions, but
> that's a personal point of style, I suppose. Doing so seems
> like going way out of your way to create a problem with the
> wrong tool.
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> charghwI'
--naQ'avwI'
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