tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jul 05 10:09:19 1997
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Re: KLBC: proper use of meQ - burn
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: proper use of meQ - burn
- Date: Sat, 5 Jul 97 15:42:52 UT
[email protected] on behalf of charghwI' wrote:
> > >> qeylIS mupwI' luqaDvIpjaj jaghmaj jay'
> > >
> > >The only question now is exactly who is the enemy you refer to. If it's
> > >"Paramount," then {jaghmaj} is fine. Paramount is an organization, a
> > >thing.
> > >If the subject is "they," which it must be since you've used the prefix
> > >{lu-},
> > >then you must say {jaghma'}. They can speak, after all.
>
> No. The individuals among them can speak, but the group cannot
> speak. We've been through this. {qorDu'wIj} is the proper term,
> not {qorDu'wI'}. A family does not speak. People in a family
> speak.
Er, that's what I said. Paramount (the family) as an enemy is referred to as
{jaghmaj}. If the subject of the sentence was meant to be {chaH} "they,"
which is different than the subject of the sentence being "Paramount," then
the correct word would be {jaghma'}.
Since he used the verb prefix {lu-}, I presume he was "they," not "Paramount."
But he used {jaghmaj} instead of {jaghma'}.
qeylIS mupwI' qaDvIpjaj jaghmaj jay'
(Where {jaghmaj} refers to Paramount)
or
qeylIS mupwI' luqaDvIpjaj jaghma' jay'
(Where {jaghma'} refers to the people at Paramount)
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