tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Sep 10 20:14:30 1997
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Re: qaStaHvIS poH jIQubtaH
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: qaStaHvIS poH jIQubtaH
- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:14:25 -0700 (PDT)
At 11:14 AM 9/10/97 -0700, SuStel wrote:
>[email protected] on behalf of Qov wrote:
>> I would have said {qul 'oH poH'e'. qulvetlhDaq mameQ Hoch}
>> "Time is a fire. We all burn in that fire."
>> A few people would immediately jump on me for the construction {mameQ Hoch}
>
>SIbI' Sup SuStel! (We should've used that in the tongue-twister contest!)
>
>> but I think {mameQ Hoch maH} is a reasonable construction and omitting the
>> pronoun gives {mameQ Hoch}.
>
>I don't like that justification.
qay'be'. maQoch neH.
>qulvetlhDaq meQ Hoch
>Everyone burns in that fire.
>
>Hmmm . . . I wonder if Soren's line is meant like that, or like
>
>qulvetlhDaq meQtaH Hoch
>
>There's a great deal of difference there.
ghaytan qechDaj 'oS mu'tlhegh cha'DIch. ghu' vIqawchu'be'.
Qov ([email protected])
Beginners' Grammarian