tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jan 24 07:12:29 1996
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Re: chu' mu'mey nuqDaq vItu'laH'a'
- From: "Garrett Michael Hayes" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: chu' mu'mey nuqDaq vItu'laH'a'
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 10:11:19 -0500
- Organization: Client/Server Labs
- Priority: normal
On 23 Jan 96 at 15:53, Alan Anderson wrote:
> 'etlhqengwI' writes:
> >But how would I say something like... "Help me out. Show it to
> >him!", where "he" is the recipient of the action, but it is for *my*
> >benefit?
>
> I don't know about *you*, but I would say {choQaHmeH ghaHvaD 'oH yI'ang}.
That works, but doesn't "-vaD" still carry the sense of doing the
showing "for" him, rather than just "to" him? Let me be clear - I
don't think we are talking about any great question of grammar here -
just an issue of tone.
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