tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Mar 06 22:37:58 1994

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Noun-Noun stuff



>From: [email protected]
>Date: Sat, 05 Mar 94 16:11:49 EST


>I was just now listening to CK, specifically to find canonical examples of
>some of the words recently under controversy.

>I found the sentence {pegh De'vetlh} meaning "That is classified
>information." This would suggest that {pegh} has an alternate meaning, "be
>secret."

Great, that confirms what I thought about "De'pegh vIghaj" in PK.  Cool.

>Also, the construction {ghorgh pa'wIjDaq jIchegh}. This may seem trivial, but
>it was something over which ~mark and I had a small argument, as to whether
>{chegh} is transitive or intransitive, and whether one should say
>{jIchegh'eghta'} for "I have returned." Well, the canon tells us we shouldn't
>have to, that {jIcheghta'} will suffice.

Great!!!  Thanks; I'd been using "chegh'egh" and wondering if it was right.
Glad you found that example.


>Guido#1, Leader of All Guidos


~mark



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