tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 22 01:14:56 1994
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Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
- From: [email protected] (Mark E. Shoulson)
- Subject: Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 13:11:25 -0400
- In-Reply-To: Mark E. Shoulson's message of Thu, 21 Jul 1994 17:54:45 -0400 <[email protected]>
>From: [email protected] (Mark E. Shoulson)
>Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 17:54:45 -0400
>>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.
Actually, these don't work either. I can't offhand think of a good way to
say "The chocolate is ready to be eaten." I suppose circumlocutions like
"yuch wIjablaH" might help in the right circumstances, but that's not what
we want. Hmm...
>>> charghwI'
>~mark
~mark