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Re: The Screwed-Up Nominalizer



jatlh ghuyDo' wa':
: From: [email protected]
: Date: Tue, 25 Jan 94 03:08:14 EST
: 
: I don't like using the {-taHghach} construction at all, but I suppose it is
: the conservative thing to do, for now, unless we already have info concerning
: a particular verb's nominalized status. E.g., we know {teH} becomes {vIt} in
: nominal form.
ghobe' ghobe' ghobe' jay'! Dip wot _je_ 'oHbej \vit\'e'! wot neH 'oHlaw' \teH\,
'ach Dip je 'oHchugh \teH\, "trueness[:falseness]" HechniSba', 'ej
Dip 'oHDi' "truth[:lie]" Hechbej \vit\. wot 'oHDi' "tell the truth" (\nepbe'\)
Hech \vit\.

Qapla' jachqemwi'vo'.
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