tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 28 19:06:55 1995
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Re: }}} Advice
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: }}} Advice
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 95 19:06:55 EDT
According to [email protected]:
>
> "William H. Martin" writes:
> > According to [email protected]:
>
> > > > nI'jaj yInlIj 'ej bIchepjaj.
> > >
> > > toH! qoghDu'lIj jej, vulqangan.
>
> > bISumqu' 'ach wej pa' SoHchu'. jej qoghDu'lIj Dajatlh 'e'
> > DaHech qar'a'?
>
> nuqjatlh?
>
> TKD p.49 - "A verb expressing a state or quality can be used
> immediately following a noun to modify that noun".
>
> qoghDu'lIj jej, vulqangan.
>
> Thus was meant to say, "Sharp Ears ya' got, Vulcan",
What you said is a series of nouns or noun phrases with no
verb. "So! Your sharp ears, Vulcan." With the two words
reversed, you'd get, "So! Your ears are sharp, Vulcan," which
makes a lot more sense to me. To remain closer to what you now
reveal as your original intent, you could say:
toH! qoghDu' jej Daghaj, vulqangan.
You can't use a possessive suffix to replace the verb of
possession, which is what I now interpret that you tried to do.
I can see why you thought that might work. I even remember long
ago when I considered trying that, but it doesn't really work.
> [okay, I could have said, "toH, vulqangan. qoghDu'lIj jej Daghaj"
Yep. And you would have been right.
> jISaHbe'.
vaj DayajHa'lu'chugh bISaHbe''a'?
charghwI'
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