tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 15 23:11:38 1995
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Re: {-meH} and {Sov} (was Re: KLBC: starting right back...)
On Thu, 14 Dec 1995, Marc Ruehlaender wrote:
> > jonta' tI'meH mIw Sov. (In order to fix the engine, she knows the
> > procedure.)
> > vaS'a' ghoSlu'meH He vISov. (In order for one to go towards the Great Hall,
> > I know the route.)
> >
> I wonder. Do these really make sense to you? To me,
> knowing is a state that's no purpose. I either know
> something or I don't. Me LEARNING that particular
> fact may have had a purpose, though.
This may be a valid criticism. The use of "know" would need to imply that
the reason he knows the procedure is from having learned it for that
purpose. Perhaps you could substitute {Sov} with {ghojpu'}.
I get dizzy thinking about this. There is definitely some merit to
tlheghmeQ's suggestion of simply saying {jonta'mey tI'laH}.
> On the other hand, the first one may be (according
> to 6.2.4.) "She knows (the procedure to fix the engine)."
> (the second correspondingly). I've never been very
> comfortable with this usage of {-meH}. In order to
> construct the meanings yoDtargh has given above, and
> which I questioned, would one use sth. like
> {mIw jonta' tI'meH Sov}?
I don't think this works. For one thing, {mIw jonta'} doesn't make sense.
> HomDoq
yoDtargh