tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 03 21:11:34 1997
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Re: meQ
ja' qoror:
>1) Classify {meQ} with {mev}, {tagh}, and {choH}. On page 191, there is an
>example of why not to mix up {e} and {I}
>
> to'waQ meQ vutwI'. ("The cook burns the tendon.")
>
> to'waQ mIQ vutwI'. ("The cook deep-fries the tendon.")
>
>Intransitive and transitive.
There are two other canon appearances of {meQ} that I remember, and *each*
of the three examples now gives a slightly different slant to its meaning.
{Ha'DIbaH meQ luSop 'e' lutIv tera'ngan} (or something like it) uses {meQ}
adjectivally, and {meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH} (or something like it)
looks like it uses {meQ} intransitively.
>2) {reH} appears to mean the same thing as {Quj.} On page 193:
>
> regh puqpu'. ("The children bleed.")
>
> reH puqpu'. ("The children play.")
{Quj} is specifically "play (a game)", and I've always understood the verb
{reH} to be sort of the opposite of {vum}.
-- ghunchu'wI'