tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 26 20:25:47 1997
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Re: 3 loads of garbage...
>Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 19:54:15 -0800 (PST)
>From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
>
>On Mon, 10 Nov 1997 21:03:40 -0800 (PST) Neal Schermerhorn
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> In this case it's possible. A little confusing, but possible.
>>
>> <wejlogh bIHaw'meH Dujvo' Dalo'ta'bogh veQ vIteqnIS>
>
>Close, but I don't think it works:
>
>Three times, from the in-order-that-you-flee ship, ... This is
>where it falls apart. A noun with {-vo'} on it cannot act as
>object of a verb. It is a locative. Locatives are locatives, not
>objects. Since {Dujvo'} is a locative, it can't be object of
>{Dalo'ta'bogh}, so {Dalo'ta'bogh} immediately becomes a headless
>relative clause and the sentence turns to mush.
Double-check me on this, because I always tend to get this confused, but
isn't this the same sort of deal we saw in the canon "meQtaHbogh qachDaq
Suv qoHpu' neH" (or whatever it was)?
~mark