tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jul 21 05:58:44 1994
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Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
- From: [email protected] (Mark E. Shoulson)
- Subject: Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 17:54:45 -0400
- In-Reply-To: "William H. Martin"'s message of Wed, 20 Jul 94 18:03:31 EDT <[email protected]>
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>Date: Wed, 20 Jul 94 18:03:31 EDT
>> yuch SopbeHlu'.
>Perhaps {yuch SopbeHchoHlu'} is better?
Not really. "-beH" means the subject of the verb is some device that is
properly configured to perform the verb. In this case, the subject of the
verb is indefinite (that's what "-lu'" means; it's *NOT* passive). So some
indefinite something is configured...? I'd expect that something which can
do eating is more likely to be "-rup" than "-beH" (yes, I'd use "-rup" with
an animal. Well, maybe not when my parents were watching). Maybe "yuch
Soprup vay'" or "yuch Sopruplu'", if you must say something like that.
>> charghwI'
>jIchargh'egh?
~mark