tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 24 15:52:29 1995
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}}} QIp *driver -Reply
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- Subject: }}} QIp *driver -Reply
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 14:52:29 -0500
ghItlh tlheghmeQ:
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How's this?
[...] yImev cha' wovwI' 'a jaHqu'qa'. bong yItwI' qIpmoHlaHpu'.
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What it's 'sposed to say:
The light showed "stop!" but s/he resumed *going*. S/he could have
accidently hit a pedestrian.
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I like it, except for "qIp". True, it's translated in the canon sentences as
'hit', but the dictionary (102, 137) makes it "hit (with hand, fist, implement)
(v)", so I don't think it works well for (what we call) "hit" by driving a car.
(Now, if a giant picked up the car and swung it at the pedestrian "qIp"
would be just right! }}};-)\ )
I prefer "paw'" 'collide':
bong yItwI' paw'moHlaHpu'.
I'm sure some will dislike my giving a ("direct") object to a verb whose
gloss requires a preposition in English. }}}:-Q\
-- tlhIngan veQbeq la'Hom marqem
Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'!
Mark A. Mandel
Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition : +1 617 965-5200
320 Nevada St. : Newton, Mass. 02160, USA : [email protected]