tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun May 25 16:41:42 1997
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RE: KLBC: How about this?
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: KLBC: How about this?
- Date: Sun, 25 May 97 22:42:14 UT
Stardate: 97395.78 jatlh Q'ISto'va:
> qabliJ jIghorqu' betleHwIj bIHotqu'chugh !!
> (You *toucha* my bat'tleh, I *breaka* your face!)
The only problem with this sentence is your use of the no-object prefixes
{jI-} and {bI-} on verbs which definitely do have objects. Both {qablIj} and
{betleHwIj} are third-person, singular objects. Therefore, say the following:
qablIj vIghorqu' betleHwIj DaHotqu'chugh!
> I'm a little worried as to the emphatic -qu' after Hot, but as far as I
> can tell from my recent TKD, it seems plausible enough, -qu' being a
> rover...
There's nothing wrong with it, though I probably wouldn't choose it for that
spot myself. You don't need to emphasize the touching part, you need to
emphasize the breaking part.
qablIj vIghorqu' betleHwIj DaHotchugh!
Maybe even add {jay'} at the end of this sentence . . .
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SuStel
Beginners' Grammarian
Stardate 97398.9