tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Dec 15 12:07:33 1994
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Re: -lu'
On Thu, 15 Dec 1994, R.B Franklin wrote:
> > >1) How would YOU say, "It made Maltz willing to die"?
> If you could tell from context what "it" was, I would translate this as:
> Heghqang matlh 'e' qaSmoH. This is assuming that {qaS} is transitive.
> If they tell me there is no canonical evidence that {qaS} is transitive,
> then I would use: {qaSmo' matlh Heghqang} or {'oHmo' matlh Heghqang},
> depending on whether "it" was an event (like the loss of his honor), or a
> specific object (like DaraQ's agonizer booth).
va! Make that {qaSmo' Heghqang matlh} and {'oHmo' Heghqang matlh}.
> Alternatively, if "it" was unknown or unspecified, I would use:
> {Heghqang matlh 'e' qaSmoHlu'}. And if the grammarians jump my case for
> incorrectly using {qas} as a transitive verb, I would come back with:
> {qaSmo' vay' matlh Heghqang}, or {vay'mo' matlh Heghqang}. I can think
> of several other examples, but I guess it really depends on what is
> making Maltz behave that way.
Likewise, {qaSmo' vay' Heghqang matlh} and {vay'mo' Heghqang matlh}.
yoDtargh