tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 04 07:37:20 1994
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Re: Fwd:re: Re: Good day to die.
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> Comments by: James [email protected]@PWC.HDQ
> Originally To: ISMTP@[email protected][[email protected]]
> Original Date: Monday, October 3, 1994 at 7:32:54 am EDT
> Originally From: James [email protected]@PWC.HDQ
> Comments:
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> This is another message that I sent that didn't seem to make it.
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> -------------------------[Original Message]--------------------------
> | On Thu, 29 Sep 1994, David Barron wrote:
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> | Now that we have Okrand speaking up on -ghach we might have a
> | way of saying
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> | that too often ask phrase "Now is a good day to die."
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> | HeghghachvaD QaQ 'oH DaHjaj'e'
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> I toyed around with the phrase myself and wonder if anyone thinks the following
> is valid:
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> HeghmeH QaQ 'oH DaHjaj
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> I don't see why -ghach is needed since Hegh can also be a verb (to die) and so
> the -mey purpose clause marker could be used to say "for death"
As Okrand discribed -ghach in HolQeD, useing it eliminates so ambiguity
about the little discribed infinitive verb. TKD does NOT say Hegh means "to
die". It simply says "die (v)".
I must admit that HeghmeH would seem to work but some others on the list here
have pointed out some problems with it. I hope someone will elaborate
'cause I dont remember the argument.
All in all this has never been a simple sentence to translate.
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> Does QaQ 'oH Dahjaj really say "Today is a good day"? or is that why you use th
> e 'e' to imply "day"?
The Final -'e' is discribed on page 68. It is there for no better reason
than "that is just the way you construct "to be" type verbs.
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