tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 23 04:51:33 1996
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Re: Repetition
- From: [email protected] (Alan Anderson)
- Subject: Re: Repetition
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 07:52:56 -0500
qeSmIv HarghwI' writes:
> That sounds good, but I still need a way to say "in February." How
>about the following, forgetting about the year altogether? (We know what
>year we're in.)
> juSvIS jar cha'Dich nargh <logh Hop Hut> lut chu'
First, when one uses {-vIS} one must also use {-taH} (TKD 4.2.9). Aside
from that, this is pretty good. However, I don't think {juS} can refer
to the "passing" of time; its gloss says "overtake", so I think it means
one physical object coming up from behind and going past another. There
*is* a "standard" way to say this, however, using the word {qaS}:
qaStaHvIS jar cha'DIch nargh...
> reH [logh Hop Hut] vIbej 'ej pIj vItIv 'a ben vaghmaH Soch QeD lutmey
>ngotlhtaHghachwIj vISuq
qaStaHvIS poH nI' bIngotlhbej! 'ach _QeD_ lutmey DatIvchu''a'?
>From the example {wa'ben} and the rule that "counting" numbers precede
the noun they refer to, you need to say {vaghmaH Soch ben}.
-- ghunchu'wI' batlh Suvchugh vaj batlh SovchoH vaj