tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 27 07:41:08 1995

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Re: mu'qaD - KLBC



You wrote: 
>
>
>Thu, 25 May 1995, ghItlh yIHmey SurghwI':
>
>> >> "You're ugly and your mother dresses you funny"
>> >> bImoHqu' 'ej SutDaq tlhaQ DutuQmoH SoSlI.
>> >
>> >You can drop the {-Daq} in {SutDaq}.
>> 
>> Shouldn't there be some sort of indicator of "with" or "in"?  I can 
>> understand not using {-Daq}, but it didn't sound quite right to me 
when 
>> I left it off.
>
>{tuQmoH} is listed in TKD as "to put on (clothes)" but it literally 
means 
>"to cause to wear".  {Sut tlhaQ DutuQmoH SoSlI'} means "Your mother 
puts 
>on you funny clothing" or "Your mother causes you to wear funny 
clothing".
>
>> yIHmey SurghwI'
>
>yoDtargh
>
>
Got it; I had missed th edifferene before.  Thanks.


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