tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 08 20:15:28 1996
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Re: KLBC: {-vaD} (oh, and {vaj} too !)
- From: [email protected] (HoD trI'Qal)
- Subject: Re: KLBC: {-vaD} (oh, and {vaj} too !)
- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 1996 23:16:27 -0400
At 03:24 PM 9/1/96 -0700, William H. Martin wrote:
>
>On Sun, 1 Sep 1996 14:16:39 -0700 HoD trI'Qal
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> As far as I know, it is a "not necessary but do it if you like" thing. It
>> may be required only if the -chugh clause comes first... that we don't know.
>> It is certainly not a "cannon-only" thing.
>
>You are right that it is optional. There are a number of
>canon examples with and without it. If you are suggesting
>that if the {-chugh} phrase comes first, it may be
>required, that is not accurate. There seems to be no rule:
>
>bIjeghbe'chugh vaj bIHegh.
>bIje'be'chugh vaj bIHegh. PK
>bIHeghvIpchugh bIHeghpu'. TKW p. 72
Delving into canon for this kind of rule is not my forte, and I admit it...
not for a hobby. I *did* have a "may" in there, didn't I? Yup, I sure did.
That means I am not sure if what I am saying is correct or not, because I
don't delve into canon the way you do.
I thank you for point out these examples for me.
[...]
>> >Also, would
>> >
>> >{bIjagh pagh bIHegh}
>> >
>> >be wrong ?
>
>Considering that {jagh} is a noun, yes, it is wrong.
Oops! I missed this one!
DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'!
('ej qatlho'qu'neS, *charghwI'*!)
>> It's wrong in the sense that we already have "canon" for how it should be.
>> What you have is grammatically correct, though. And it may very well be
>> because of that "if" concept that this wasn't used; that I can't tell you,
>> but since I have now responded to this, it is open for the list in general
>> to reply...
>
>qatlho'.
qay'be'... 'ach nuqmo'?
>charghwI'
--tQ
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