tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 18 11:15:04 1995
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RE: pongmemwIj yIleghqa'
- From: "Garrett Michael Hayes" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: pongmemwIj yIleghqa'
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:20:52 -0500
- Organization: Client/Server Labs
- Priority: normal
On 15 Dec 95 at 22:41, R.B Franklin wrote:
>
> On Fri, 15 Dec 1995, Garrett Michael Hayes wrote:
>
> > On 15 Dec 95 at 14:24, Ben Warren wrote:
> >
> > HoS'etlh nuSlaw'qu' jIH 'ach HoS'etlh nuSQo'qu' jIH
>
> You need to include {vI-} on {nuSQo'qu'}, the pronoun {jIH} is optional
> and would normally be included only for emphasis.
jiyaj
> {-Qo'} on a non-imperative verb denotes refusal, and the {-qu'}
> emphasizes that suffix, so {HoS'elth vInuSQo'qu'} means "I REFUSE to
> ridicule HoS'etlh." You probably meant {HoS'etlh vInuSbe'qu'} (I do NOT
> ridicule HoS'etlh}.
No, I meant "refuse". In context, it was supposed to carry the
"flavor" that I would never really ridicule im.
>
> > ngongmeH mu'meyvam vIghitlh jIH
>
> Since {-meH} is a verb prefix, it's clear that you are using {ngong} as a
> verb, so it needs the proper verb prefix to indicate the subject:
> jIngongmeH mu'meyvam vIghItlh.
jiyaj
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