tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 15 12:47:19 1996
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RE: story, part 4
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: story, part 4
- Date: Sun, 15 Dec 96 20:20:57 UT
December 12, 1996 10:15 PM, jatlh Deborah Kay:
> SuStel, you refer me to TKW p. 199 and that's interesting because that's
what
> I was thinking about when I used the verb {SaH}.
heh . . . one of trI'Qal's jokes at qep'a' wejDIch:
*knock knock!*
SaH 'Iv?
> Now you've asked for "me" to comment on something "you" wrote. This feels
> strange, but here goes. {HIvDI' velqa, HoSDaj naQ lo' 'ej mangHom mer.} I
> took this to be a further description of what just happened. Would this be
> the time for an aspect marker?
No. The time context is set when I say {HIvDI'}. "When she attacks" is when
the action occurs, so no aspect is needed.
> {botrupbe' mangHom vaj 'uSdu' mupqu' velqa!} I'd prefer: bot mangHom 'e'
> nIDbej. vaj 'uSDaj pupqu' velqa. pum mangHom 'ej ghopDajvo' pum mangHom
> betleH. (I had to get that back in). nom HughDaj ghoS velqa betleH.
maj.
> I want to add the following if it is grammatically correct: HughDajDaq
betleH
> 'uchtaHvIS, mangHomvaD jatlh velqa, "Doghjey."
Sounds good.
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SuStel
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