tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 30 06:23:58 1994
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Re: Klinpack, charghwI' correcting himself
> On Thu 21 Jul 94 06:54, Mark E. Shoulson writes:
>
> >>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.
>
> I would say:
>
> Soplu'meH yuchbeH
Except that this is grammitically incorrect. -lu' means there is an
indefinite subject... and you are trying to have a subject of <yuch>.
--tQ
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