tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 04 05:17:59 1997
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Re: mu'tlheghmey jum
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: mu'tlheghmey jum
- Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 08:20:26 -0400 ()
- Priority: NORMAL
On Wed, 25 Jun 1997 22:07:24 -0700 (PDT) Neal Schermerhorn
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Just a few strange things I thought up.
>
> nav nIv law' nIvnav nIv puS
> The paper is superior to the pajamas.
loQ bIvallaw'.
> gho maH. gho muvchugh, ghomuv!
> We are the circle. If you join the circle, you join us!
bIval.
> And this one I will see if you can translate - twice!
>
> SuvwI' DIbej
"We watch the warriors." Nothing else works here. {DI} is a
noun, not a verb. {-bej} is a verb suffix. There's no
ambiguity here. And {SuvwI'} is not ambiguous because {Suv}
is only a verb and never a noun capable of speech.
> Qermaq