tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 06 19:29:18 1996
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Re: usage of Hoch and latlh
- From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: usage of Hoch and latlh
- Date: Sat, 6 Jul 96 21:29:59 CDT
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 6 Jul 1996 16:07:55 -0700
>qaSDI' 96-07-06 00:57:52 EDT, jatlh Voragh:
>
>> Hoch no'Da' All of his/her ancestors
>> Hoch no'cha' All of their ancestors
>
>These are incorrect. The third person possessive suffixes have only one form
>each: {-Daj} or {-chaj}. These phrases should be:
>
>{Hoch no'Daj} All of his/her ancestors
>{Hoch no'chaj} All of their ancestors.
>
>SuStel
bIqarqu'. Arrgh!! HIvqa' veqlargh!
The lesson here is: ALWAYS check the text of TKD when arguing a case in
grammar; don't rely on your own, sometimes faulty, memory. Or your own
hand-written summary page of affixes taped above your desk.
Luckily, my point about not confusing {Hoch} is unaffected.
Now, where's that bottle of White-Out?
Voragh
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