tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 07 14:38:39 1997
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Re: Question as object
- From: Marian Schwartz <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Question as object
- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 17:35:11 -0500
ghItlh Qermaq
>I can say "I have hunger." in English - but I say "I'm hungry.". Why?
>Because it is a superior construction. The first is awkward - the second
is
>not. The first is an unnecessary complication of the thought. And this is
at
>least grammatically inarguable!
Hmm... do you know that in German that's exactly how that's said? "Ich
habe Hunger", never "ich bin hungrig." I understand your point completely
however, and this is obviously just an idiom.
Qapla'
qoror