tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Dec 06 09:11:28 1996
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Re: jaH
>Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 07:35:48 -0800
>From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
>
>December 03, 1996 6:40 PM, jatlh charghwI':
>
>> > If we can truly be sure of nothing but
>> > ghoS taking direct objects, then "yuQ vIbav" can no longer be considered
>> > acceptable. (And I must say, I have problems with that use of bav anyway.)
>>
>> How exactly DO you use {bav}? I'm dying to see.
>
>Actually, this is just one of those uncertain verbs. "Orbit" does mean "go in
>a circle around," so it could be {yuQ vIbav}. However, English can use it
>intransitively, too, as in "I've been orbiting for nine hours." Now all you
>have to do is say *where* this takes place. {yuQDaq jIbav} would work in this
>case.
Nah, that';s not different than "Sop" which can be used in "I've been
eating for hours." Just an ellipsized object.
~mark