tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Feb 15 20:58:26 1994
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"Is this seat taken?"
- From: mark <[email protected]>
- Subject: "Is this seat taken?"
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 94 09:48:30 EST
nutlhob Guido#1:
* * *
Anyways, how do the opinions go along the lines of using {-lu'}
with intransitive verbs like {ba'}. Does {ba'lu'} mean "someone
sits." Can we also say things like {Qonglu'}, {yItlu'},
{Heghlu'}, etc.
Or not?
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Check your dictionary again, Guido. -lu' has nothing to do with
the object of a verb, even though we often use it to translate
English passives. "This subject is used to indicate that the
subject is unknown, indefinite, and/or general." (TKD 4.2.5) So
yes, ba'lu' does mean 'someone sits', and after the typos are
corrected the sentence
quSDaq ba'lu''a'
means exactly 'Is someone sitting in the chair?', which is a
reasonable equivalent of "Is this seat taken?"
-- marqem
Mark A. Mandel
Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
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P.S.: This document was dictated with DragonDictate v2.0 (except
the Klingon words). Net typing speed was 13 words per minute.
96% of the words were recognized correctly. 3% were on the list
of alternate possibilities and were selectable with a single
command, 1% required me to spell at least one letter, and 1 was
new to DragonDictate.
Guido#1, Leader of All Guidos {{:-()