tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Apr 28 13:15:34 1996
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Re: KLBC naDev jIH vItu'lu'
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: KLBC naDev jIH vItu'lu'
- Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 15:18:21 -0500
ghItlh wovwI'
>& A minor point of vocabulary: we know that {So'}
>& means "hide something else"...
>
>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.
bItu'qu'. chaq lughlaH <So''eghwI'> <So'wI'> je.
Notice the double {''} in {So''egh}, and the noun conjunction {je} comes
*after* the nouns.
>bIlughchu'. I am incorrectly trying to stretch verb prefixes to
>represent indirect objects. Would <tlhIHvaD lut vIlI'> be correct?
It would indeed be correct. I can't say with certainty that the other
usage is incorrect, but I very much prefer to make the recipient explicit
using <-vaD>.
>You honour me with your assistance. My knowledge rises like a well
>fed tribble population. jIyajlaw' bIQIjmo'.
jIH je choquvmoH! :-)
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj