tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 28 15:51:33 1997
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Re: KLBC: jIlIH'eghqa'
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: jIlIH'eghqa'
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 97 21:11:04 UT
[email protected] on behalf of Matthew M Whiteacre wrote:
> >> loS ben pIj *Mailing List*Daq jIlabqu'pu', 'ach DaH jIlabbe'. tugh
> >> jIlabqa' 'e' vItul.
> >
> >That seems a bit of a contradiction given that you had to transmit in
> >order to
> >tell us that you haven't transmitted! :)
> >
>
> How would you say that "4 years ago I was very active on the list, but
> lately I have just been lurking. I hope to be more active now."
loS ben naDev jIjeSqu'taH. cha'Hu' jIlabpa' jIlaDtaH neH. DaH jIjeSqa'
vIneH.
> >> chaq
> >> Saqaw yoq puS.
> >
> >This might work as direct address. "I might remember you, you few
> >humanoids."
> > Is that what you intended?
>
> I mised the prefix. It should say "chaq tuqaw yoq puS" - perhaps a few
> of you all remember me.
The prefix doesn't match the subject. The only way this would work is, again,
if it were direct address.
yoq puS, chaq tuqaw.
chaq tuqaw, yoq puS.
The subject of {qaw} is {tlhIH}.
> >> *Texas A&M*Daq jonwI'pu' vIghojmoHtaH. be'nal wej puqbe'
> >> je vIghaj. wa'maH wa' DIS, chorgh DIS, jav DIS je qan puqbe'wI'.
> >
> >To describe someone's age, you talk about how many "years ago" the
> >person was
> >born.
> >
> >wa'maH wa' ben, chorgh ben, jav ben je bogh puqbe'wI'.
>
> Is this really valid? using multiple time expressions set off by commas.
There are no rules saying you can do this. There are no rules saying you
cannot do this. Since {ben} is a noun, being quantified by numbers, I don't
see why it shouldn't be possible. Even something like {DaHjaj wa'leS je
jISop} "I will eat today and tomorrow" should work.
If you want to avoid it, you're going to have to say something like
wa'maH wa' ben bogh puqbe'wI' wa'DIch. chorgh ben bogh puqbe'wI' cha'DIch.
jav ben bogh puqbe'wI' wejDIch.
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