tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 13 06:43:10 1995
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Re: {rIn} versus {Qav}
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: {rIn} versus {Qav}
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 95 9:43:05 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>; from "Alan Anderson" at Apr 13, 95 9:04 am
According to Alan Anderson:
>
> I want to say "The past two weeks exhausted my strength." Using the proper
> prefix for "they-it" I translate as {HoSwIj lutlhuch cha' Hogh rIn}.
> For "the past two weeks" I choose {cha' Hogh rIn} = "two weeks be-finished".
> yoDtargh suggests {cha' Hogh Qav} = "two weeks be-final". Since he holds
> the official post of Beginner's Grammarian, I take his suggestions rather
> seriously, but in this case I think {rIn} is better. I offer the subject
> to the group for discussion. What do y'all think?
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
Well, if we want to be picky and waay clear:
DaH qaSpu'mo' cha' Hogh Qatlh jIDoy'qu'.
When faced with two awkward alternatives, I usually look for a
third which sounds more natural.
charghwI'
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