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Re: ghoS or ghoS

At 08:25 PM 7/11/96 -0700, you wrote:
>
>ghoS - approach, come
>ghoS - go away from
>
>I was doing some translating while at work; I have used this word many times
>under both translations, today it struck me when I encountered a sentence
>that could be translated either way.
>
>molorDaq ghoS qeylIS
>
>Kahless is standing a couple yards from Molor.  Is Kahless going away from
>Molor, or is he approaching and moving closer to him?  There isn't a picture
>to show which direction he is facing.
>
>
>DloraH

Well, two sentences I remember which may help are 

naDev yIghoS  (come here!)

and 

naDevvo' yIghoS (go away!)

{-vo'} is 'from' while {ghoS} merely implies movement, though not in any
specific direction.

if qeylIS was moving away from molor, one would likely say 

molorDaqvo' ghoS qeylIS

While the sentence you provided would likely be interpreted as qeylIS
approaching molor by default.
I do not have my dictionary handy, but I'm assuming by the fact that my
pojwI' program is complaining about combining -Daq and -vo', that they might
not be used together very often.  If they are, then the above sentence
expresses the fact that qeylISis moving away from the place where molor is,
not expressly molor himself.  I still have the sneaking suspicion that -Daq
and -vo' might be mutually exclusive, but without my dictionary, can't prove it.


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