tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Nov 27 01:09:44 1997
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Re: understanding {-moH} (was Re: peDtaH 'ej jIQuch)
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: understanding {-moH} (was Re: peDtaH 'ej jIQuch)
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 01:09:41 -0800
At 21:15 97-11-23 -0800, DloraH wrote:
}Qov wrote:
}>...Like if you said "Where can I repair my toaster" you would
}>be understood to be looking for a small appliance repair shop, not a flat
}>counter and a screwdriver.
}
}Not around here. If myself or anyone in my family said that, we would be
}looking for "a flat counter and a screwdriver". I would use -lu' in that
}sentance.
The point I was trying to make as that I would have used {-lu'} in the canon
sentence, so therefore it must be so blatantly obvious that you don't clean
your own shoes that it need not be stated. Either that or {-lu'} is
inappropriate here due to some unknown vaguary of Klingon grammar. Seek
your own example of something you wouldn't consider doing yourself.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian