tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 15 18:32:52 1997
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Re: it's difficult to endure the pain
- From: Marc Ruehlaender <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: it's difficult to endure the pain
- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 20:32:50 CDT
Edy said:
> There are 2 sentences: "The pain is difficult for one endure" and
> "The situation is difficult while I'm enduring the pain".
>
> Their subjects are completly different and their meaning too.
> In the first sentence, there is difficulty for everyone and in the second, on
> ly
> for me. Okay .. not the main idea, but their meaning is.
>
to me, the main problem is, that the time stamp with {-taHvIS} seems
to give a _condition_ as to _when_ the main clause is true.
thus, I read the second sentence as implying that as soon as I don't
endure the pain anymore "the situation" is not difficult anymore,
while the intended meaning is more like "the situation" ceases to exist.
I'm not sure I made my point clear... :(
anyway, I'd try to say
'oy' DaSIQtaHchugh, SoHvaD taHtaH Qu' Qatlh
(the main point being the use of {-chugh} rather than {-taHvIS})
HomDoq