tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 20 13:31:22 1996
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RE: KLBC: Quotes
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: Quotes
- Date: Wed, 20 Nov 96 01:46:27 UT
jatlh HurghwI':
> 1. Use {-vaD}, as in {SoHvaD jIjatlh} - "I speak to/for you."
> 2. Treat {jatlh} as transitive, and use a suffix like I-you, as in
{qajatlh}.
>
> Now, is it feasible that one could use {qajatlhwI'}? It seems to me that
> this is the same, basically, as {Doch qajatlhbogh}. "I-you speaker" and
> "Thing which I speak you." Just an idea.
No way! As far as I'm concerned, you've just proven that we CAN'T do this
sort of thing! And *{Doch qajatlhbogh} or *{Doch qaja'bogh} is just as wrong
as *{qajatlhwI'}. The prefixes don't match!
SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
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