tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 10 21:38:52 1998
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Re: Quj bej Holtej qorDu'
ja' Voragh:
>"As for how to use {Sum} `be near, nearby'--that will require some more time
>with Maltz. {Do' Sum matlh.} I would think, however, that it would work
>the same way as {Hop} `be far'." (MO on Expert Forum 9/97)
That's the way I have always treated it. {Hop} "be far" doesn't suggest
that it can have an object the way "be near" might.
> Sum Daqmeyvam tera'ngan
> These places are nearby, Terran. CK
>
> Do' Sum matlh.
> (MO Expert Forum 9/97)
Notably, these don't say *{nuSum} or *{muSum}. Context tells us that
the subjects are nearby relative to the person speaking.
-- ghunchu'wI'