tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 02 15:14:41 1996
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RE: KLBC: Re: Hamlet
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Re: Hamlet
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 96 23:08:15 UT
December 02, 1996 3:35 PM, jatlh Qorbeq:
> majQa'! <Hamlet> vIje'pu' 'ach vIlaDlaHbe'. <Christmas>vaD pol be'wI'.
{be'wI'}? Your woman?
Is she giving it to you for Christmas? {-vaD} isn't a "for" substitution. It
means "this noun receives the result of the verb." Is Christmas receiving the
giving? No, you are. Christmas is simply when it happens. You can treat it
as a timestamp.
"Christmas" jIHvaD nob be'wI'.
My woman will give it to me on Christmas.
Oh, I just noticed that you said she is "keeping it" for Christmas. This
means the same thing, I suppose. Still, you could also say this using {pol}.
qaSpa' "Christmas", pollI' be'wI'.
My woman is keeping it until Christmas.
This doesn't tell you as much as the first one, though.
<Hamlet> Suqjaj wa' neHbogh Hoch'e'!
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