tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 05 20:39:54 1997
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Re: "nuqneH" Sajatlh
>Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 22:27:19 -0800
>From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
>
>jatlh qoror:
>
>> /KLI/Daq jIchu'. qoror 'oH pongwIj'e'.
>
>{-taHbe'} and {-lI'be'} might be interpreted as "discontinuously," while
>{-pu'be'} and {-ta'be'} would be "had not completed."
See canon: vIta'pu'be'/I didn't do it.
>> chorgh) I think that you can do appositives if the subject or object is
>> not 3rd person. You just use the appropriate verb prefix and put the
>appositive
>> in the place of the subject or object. I don't know about other forms yet,
>but
>> this is at least something. Here are some examples.
>> jagh boQaw'nIS negh
>> You, the soldiers, must destroy the enemy.
>
>Actually, this is not apposition, this is direct address, or whatever it's
>called. Think of it spoken this way:
>
>jagh boQaw'nIS, negh.
>
>> loDvam vIvorlaH Qel
>> I, a doctor, can cure this man.
>
>I see what you're getting at. No, I don't think it'd work this way. Try it
>like this:
>
>loDvam vIvorlaH jIH, Qel.
Hmm. I dunno. "loDvam vIvorlaH Qel" sounds bad to me, but on the other
hand I like "maghojtaH Hoch" for "we are all learning."
~mark