tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 14 14:09:38 1998
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Re: KLBCbej: jIyIntaH
- From: Robyn Stewart <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBCbej: jIyIntaH
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 14:08:30 -0700 (PDT)
---HovqIjoywI' wrote:
> boHarchugh pagh boHarbe'chugh,
> Dotlhvam boparchugh(*) pagh boparHa'chugh,
> jIyIntaH.
> muqaw'a' vay'?
pIqawba'. boch HovqIj; Hov wov rur.
> qaStaHvIS poH nI' tlhIngan Hol vIbuSqu'laHbe'.
bIQaghbe'pu', 'ach /nI'taHvIS poH/ yIqel.
> mu'ghomwIj vIgher 'e' vIruch (Hu' law' vIgher 'e' > vImevnIS.
> vaj {b} {ch} {D} {gh} {H} {j} je mu'mey neH > vIghItlhta'.)
wa'logh, KGT chenmoHlu'pa', mu'ghom vIgher jIH. not vIlIS. jIbuDqu'.
DaHarlaH'a'?
> mu'mey vISovchu'bogh vIlIjchoH. jIqanchoHlaw'.
jIyajchu'.
> HIqonmoH. jIbuDqu'bej jIH. reH vo'wI' vIpoQ.
qep'a'Daq jItuHqu'be'meH mu'tay' chu' vIghoj 'e' vInID. 'ach jIQong
'e' vImaS ....
> (*) jIyIntaH 'e' parbogh nuv SoHchugh:
> jIyIntaH. vaj yIyep: jIHvaD bIjatlhchugh <yIntagh> > bIyIn rIntaH,
jISagh.
> }};-)
> -> hhhmmm... maybe I could say {bIyIntaH rIntaH}? > I know, even
{rIntaH}
> alone is quite strong, but could I do that for effect?
Hmm. I don't know if it is a strong threat, or a very subtle one.
I'm not sure that /bIyIn rIntaH/ implies "your life will be over,
that's it." Maybe just "You will have lived, that's it." /rIntaH/ is
given as an alternate to the perfective suffixes, so I'm not sure if
it clashes with /-taH/.
(DIvI' Hol vIlo'nISmo' jItlhIj)
QIjmeH DIvI' Hol lo' Hoch net chaw'.
==
Qov - Beginners' Grammarian
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