tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Apr 26 20:06:08 1996
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Re: KLBC: Show us your plums
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Show us your plums
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 22:08:51 -0500
ghItlh Soqra'tIS:
><plums>lIj'e' gho'ang <- (Obscure *LondonDaq Radio programme)
> "Show us your plums"
I suppose one could argue that this can be treated as a shorthand
way of indicating the beneficiary of the verb, like {vay' qanob},
but I don't know of any canon to support this usage on verbs other
than {nob}. I'll stick to the "verb prefix tells subject/object"
interpretation for now.
{gho'ang} is a command meaning "reveal us". The subject is either
"you" or "y'all", and the object is "us". *We* will be revealed.
"Show something to us" would be {maHvaD vay' yI'ang}.
The topic suffix {-'e'} emphasizes "your plums", so this seems to
say "Show us your *plums* (instead of something else)." That's
fine, if that's what you meant.
>'e' Qap'a'
An object on {Qap} doesn't make sense to me. The thing that succeeds
(or fails to succeed) is the subject, and must follow the verb. The
pronoun {'e'}, referring to the previous sentence, is never a subject.
Do you mean "Did I succeed?" That would be {bIQap'a'?}.
Do you mean "Does that sentence work?" Try {Qap'a' mu'tlheghvetlh?}.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj