tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Apr 10 07:42:43 1995
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Re: -vaD vs. -Daq on pronouns
- From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: -vaD vs. -Daq on pronouns
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 95 09:39:47 EST
(written Thursday, March 30)
According to WestphalWz: [get a name, okay? :-)]
>DeSDaj Hom ghorlu'bogh 'oHvaD vIHgho'naQ vIlannIS
"I must place [something] for it her arm's bone which is broken."
The {'oHvaD} works here--barely. I understand how you're using it--barely.
But why go to the trouble of using such an unusual (and ugly, IMHO) construct
when you don't have to? Try this:
{DeSDaj Hom ghorlu'. DeSDaq *splint* vIlannIS.}
"Her arm's bone is broken. I must place a splint on the arm."
But what is this "be-moving/step-on/be-entire"? Or maybe it's a
"be-moving/step-on/staff"? It looks like you're trying to make
a compound verb, or a verb-noun combination. You can't do that,
at least not if you're trying to make yourself understood.
I'd call a splint {Hom vIHHa'moHtaHbogh naQ'e'},
"...a stick which causes the bone to remain still."
And I'd "tie" {bagh} it on a limb rather than "place" {lan} it.
-- ghunchu'wI'