tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 28 12:18:08 1996

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Re: KLBC naDev jIH vItu'lu'



On 28 Apr 96, Alan Anderson wrote:
 
& ghItlh wovwI' (Robyn Stewart):
& >DaH jISo'Ha'rup.
& 
& bI'ang'eghmo' qaHoy'. 

jISeyqu'!  tlhInganHey Hol vIjatlhbogh Dayaj.

& A minor point of vocabulary: we know that {So'}
& means "hide something else" -- {So'wI'} is a cloaking device -- so you
& probably should use the verb suffix {-'egh} and say {jISo'Ha''eghrup}.
& Or you might choose the verb {'ang} "reveal" instead of {So'Ha'}.

jIQoch.  TKDDaq nav javmaH Hut yIlegh.  <nuqDaq So'taH yaS> = Where 
is the officer hiding?  So'eghqu'bejtaH yaS.  vaj <'egh> 
ghItlhnISbe'lu'.  chaq So'egh je So'wI' vIja'laH.  'ach 
mu'tlheghvamvaD <'ang> vImaSmo' SughoHnISbe'. jI'ang'eghta'.

& reH <-taH> tlha' <-vIS>, vaj <qaStaHvIS> DaghItlhnIS.

taH Qaghna'vatlh <-taH> <-vIS> je vIghItlhtaHvIS!  pIj 
mojaqmeyvam vIghItlhHa'.  jItuH. 

& >*wovwI'* tupong 'e' vItul. tugh lut vIghItlhbogh SalI'.
& 
& You've also used verb prefixes that don't match the actual object 
& of the verb: {'e' muja'}, {lut SalI'}, etc ... There is 
& canon to support using the verb prefix to indicate the "indirect 
& object" in some cases ...

bIlughchu'.  I am incorrectly trying to stretch verb prefixes to 
represent indirect objects.  Would <tlhIHvaD lut vIlI'> be correct?  

You honour me with your assistance.  My knowledge rises like a well 
fed tribble population.  jIyajlaw' bIQIjmo'.

    wovwI'


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