tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 22 18:28:29 1997

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RE: vegh



jIghItlh

>> the issue is whether or not the object that the woman is going through is
>>meant to be gone through.  If wind blows through a window, it is not
>>damageing the window, and that is in fact part of what the window is fore.
>>On the other hand, a bullet penetrating a heart does not fit "vegh" 
>because
>>the bullet must tear it's own path, and more than likely, the heart would
>>rather not be penetrated.  As for a woman walking through a forest, my
>>impression is that "vergh" can be used here, as the woman is not damageing
>>the forest.  Particularly if there is some kind of pre-existing path which
>>she is following.      On the other hand, if it is a bulldozer which is
>>going through the forest, perhapse clearing trees for a new road, then
>>"vegh" would not apply.
>
>>SuSvaj

jang HetaQ

>
>I don't know, I was pretty sure that he identified "going through a forest" 
>as another of the three (four if you include "shit through a goose") 
>"throughs".  [vegh] seemed to only apply to non-destructively going through 
>an opening.  I'd classify "a ship through space" as the same  "through" as 
>"through the forest", not [vegh].  Then again, I was a little to busy video 
>taping to be sure about this.

You may be right.  But walking through a forest seems non destructive to
me.  Especialy if there is a road or path going through it.  

SuSvaj



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