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Re: }}} Advice



>Date: Thu, 27 Jul 95 12:45:57 EST
>From: Alan Anderson                        <[email protected]>

>[email protected] writes:
>>  "Will all your worries add a single moment to your life?"  Mt.6.27
>>        "rejmorgh SoHchugh vaj yInlIj ghur'a'?"

>First, {yInlIj ghur'a'} sounds backwards.  I'd say {ghur'a' yInlIj}.
>Second, getting bogged down in details, I like {SoHchughtaH} better.
>Third, I'd include {poH} to emphasize "lifeSPAN" rather than "life"
>and make it {ghur'a' yInlIj poH}.

Hmm.  Yes, "ghur" should probably come before "yInlIj".  I don't really see
that the "-taH" adds much here, but if you want it it needs to be before
the -chugh, since -chugh is a type-9 suffix and -taH a type-7.

How about "rejmorgh SoH[taH]chugh vaj nI'choH'a' yInlIj" for "does your
life get long(er)?"  You could probably use "nI''a'", but I think "nI'choH"
indicates that the life is purportedly langthening (changing its status of
longevity).

~mark




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