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Re: beQ'a' bIng 'avwI'

• From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: beQ'a' bIng 'avwI'
• Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 15:29:35 -0400 (EDT)
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]> ([email protected])

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>Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 09:02:52 -0700
>From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>

>  jatlhpu' A: veQDuj 'oH DujlIj

"veQDuj 'oH DujlIj'e'" (I always forget that -'e' too).

>  jangpu' (bIQ'a' bIng Duj ghajbogh) B: HIja', vaj 'oH: Hochna' veQ'e'
>ngaSchoHbogh bIQ'a' woH DujwIj 'ej 'oH Qaw' 'ej nIn'egh 'oH lo': vaj

"nIn" is a noun, not a verb.  If it were a verb, I'd expect you'd need a
"-meH" (it uses it IN ORDER TO fuel itself).  A sentence should not have
two main verbs.

Since "nIn" is a noun, maybe something like "'ej nInDajvaD 'oH DamoH" (it
makes it act as its fuel).

>SovchoHpu' bIQ'a' bIng tlhuHwI'mey lo'wI'pu' law', yoSmajDaq bIQ'a' bIngDaq
>nIHmeH jaHpu'DI' chaH.

jIyajchu'be'.  nuq nIHlu'?  'ej nIH 'Iv?

>  ({vaj} here = "thus", not "warrior". Homophones can be a pest.)

But they're also part of the fun of a language.  Homophony happens.

~mark


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