tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 30 09:04:04 1996
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Re: KLBC: tera'ngan pab
- From: "Garrett Michael Hayes" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: tera'ngan pab
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 12:02:34 -0500
- Organization: Client/Server Labs
- Priority: normal
On 29 Jan 96 at 19:07, Alan Anderson wrote:
> ghItlh 'etlhqengwI':
> >pab wIja'chuqDI', mu'mey motlhbe' ghItlhtaH ghojwI'pu' po'.
>
> {ja'chuq} is glossed as "discuss, confer" in TKD. It's obviously
> the verb {ja'} plus the suffix {-chuq}, so it can't have an(other)
> object. If you use the meaning "confer", you can understand why.
> For the meaning you want, consider instead using the verb {qel}.
jIyaj
>
> >jIHvaD tera'ngan pab paq lI' yI'ang vay'
>
> pupbejbe' mu'mey DIlo'bogh. ghaytan muboQchu'be' DIvI' Hol paq.
> I think sometimes we toss off terms rather loosely here. Because we're
> talking about an "unnatural" language, the precise terms used by linguists
> aren't always perfectly applicable. If there's something you don't quite
> understand -- and you *want* to understand it -- just ask. Someone will
> likely have a good explanation; perhaps someone will have one that makes
> sense. :-)
jIyaj 'ach paq pong vIneHqu'
'etlhqengwI'
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