tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 23 15:30:34 1996
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
RE: mu'tlheghmeywIj SochDIch vImugh
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: mu'tlheghmeywIj SochDIch vImugh
- Date: Mon, 23 Dec 96 21:56:01 UT
December 22, 1996 12:48 PM, jatlh Ko'var:
> Can you say:
> qIp wa'DIch mup yembe'bogh vay'
> "let he who is without sin strike the first blow"
Well, {qIp} is a verb, not a noun. Also, do you "strike" the thing which is
hit, or do you "strike" the act of hitting? I believe it is the former. The
object of {mup} is probably the target, not the blow itself.
HIvpa' latlh, HIv yembe'wI'.
--
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 96979.9