tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 12 20:39:02 1996
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Re: usage of -laH
- From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: usage of -laH
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 23:38:54 -0400 (EDT)
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (message from David Barronon Wed, 11 Sep 1996 17:06:25 -0700)
>Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 17:06:25 -0700
>From: David Barron <[email protected]>
>At 08:30 AM 9/11/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>Is it allowable to use -laH for permission, as well as ability?
>>
>>i.e. "Dad, can I borrow the car?" --> <vavoy, lupDuj vIngIplaH'a'>
>Sence this is not under the header of KLBC I think I can contribute.
>If you are asking permition use <chaw'>.
><lupDuj vIngIp 'e' Dachaw''a', vavoy?>
>I think ~Mark can comment better about why useing <-jaj> doesn't work.
><-jaj> doesn't seem to work with an interogative. It is an expression of
>hope of something to come, as in a curse or a toast.
Note, moreover, that both -jaj and -'a' are type-9 suffixes, and thus can't
coexist on the same verb.
Your translation is good, but sounds a little formal. It undeniably works
though. For me, I prefer a terser, if perhaps idiomatic, version:
lupDuj vIngIp'a', vavoy?
~mark