tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 19 12:32:26 1997

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Re: drinking





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> From: Donald E. Vick <[email protected]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: drinking
> Date: Wednesday, February 19, 1997 3:14 PM
> 
> > > >Yesterday I saw bodies all over the place but today warriors drink
> > > >together.
> > > >
> > > >wa'Hu' lommey vIleghpu 'ach DaHjaj tlhutlh SuvwI'tay
> > > >
> > > >I don't know why I tried this sentence, but I ask you if anythings
wrong
> > > >with it?
> > 
> > Since *mey* is the correct suffix for *lom*, it does not have the
> > implication of being "scattered all over the place".  To indicate this
you
> > could say:
> > 
> > 	wa'Hu' Dat lommey tu'lu', DaHjaj tlhutlhDI' SuvwI'pu', tay'.
> Shouldn't this be <DatDaq>?  Dat is a noun, not an adverb.

No. I refer you to p 27 of TKD:

	"Unlike other nouns, these three words (naDev, pa', & Dat) 
	are never followed by the locative suffix"

SuSvaj


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