tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 12 03:06:49 1994
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Re: tam poHvo'
- From: Peter Garza <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: tam poHvo'
- Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 14:02:16 -0500 (CDT)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "William H. Martin" at May 12, 94 01:30:59 pm
charghwI':
> strange to have {DuSaQ Doch} as the object of {vIvumlaH}, but
> the sentence would hold together much better.
"Ahhh, pronoun trouble!" says the little black duck. I agree that
"vIvumlaH" would make much more sense. I was kind of surprised not
to find a word for "to do." Did I just glance over it, or does it
just not exist (yet)?
> charghwI'vo':
> ~mark, one of the grammarians on this list presented the use of
> the verb {qaS} for this. With the various suffixes, it can be
> quite inventively used to specify various kinds of time stamps.
> As soon as something happens. Before something happens. While
> something happens. It doesn't solve EVERYTHING relating to
> time, but it is very useful much of the time.
>
> charghwI'
>
>
Thanks for the "qaS" info! That does make a lot of sense, cool.
Peter Garza
[email protected]