tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 04 08:13:37 1995

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Re: pronoun question




On Thu, 4 May 1995 [email protected] wrote:

> What do you do for a pronoun that includes animate and inanimate
> "things"?  For example:
> The captain was in the building when I destroyed it.  They (both)
> burned.
> qach vIQaw'taHvIS 'oHDaq ghaHpu' HoD'e'.  meQpu' {bIH?? chaH??}.

nap qechvam.  mu'tlheghvam yIlegh:

qach vIQaw'taHvIS 'oHDaq ghaH HoD'e'.  meQ ghaH 'oH je.
                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^
<...pagh...>  meQ.
<...pagh...>  meQ HoD qach je.
<...pagh...>  meQ cha'.

mu'tlheghmeyvamDaq <-pu'> Dalo'nIS 'e' vIQubbe'.

> - tlhIngan veQbeq la'Hom marqem 
>   Heghbej ghIHmoHwI'pu'! 

--naQ'avwI'

*&* <yIqIm!  *'InIgo' *montoy'a 'oH pongwIj'e'.    *&* Silauren, Half-Elven
*&*         vavwI' DaHoHta'.  yIHeghrup.>          *&* naQ'avwI'
*&*                     --from the Princess Bride  *&* [email protected]
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