tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Aug 10 09:23:33 1997
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Re: buy' ngop?
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: buy' ngop?
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 12:23:01 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 97-08-08 13:11:50 EDT, SuStel writes about AAF song:
<< > I recommend {'ej} conjoining verbs. This gives: yoHbogh 'ej matlhbogh
> Suvwi' Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw
I think the reason we see funny grammar in this song is so that it fits the
meter. If you use {'ej}, it doesn't.
By the way, we now have a canon example of two verbs of quality describing
one
noun, and not being used as two adjectivally acting verbs. It's a song, so
the meter must be taken into account, but it specifically is NOT {SuvwI' yoH
matlh} or {SuvwI' yoH 'ej matlh}. What it IS is kinda fuzzy, but that's
okay
by me . . .
>>
I agree that a song must critically consider meter. I had an OLD English
teacher who hated Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender" and insisted that even a
song must obey grammar rules. But, of course, Love Me Tenderly just doesn't
work, now, does it?
If we could recast the lyrics' word order, SuvwI' yoH matlh without any
conjunction would be perfect grammar according to what I have learned about
tlhIngan Hol grammar so far.
peHruS