tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 03 19:17:26 1998
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Re: KLBC: tlhutlh
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: tlhutlh
- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 19:15:38 -0800
At 16:11 98-03-03 -0800, David Dune wrote:
}
} I've had a discussion with a friend he initially said: {jIHvaD
}QaQbe´ tlhutlh.} And I thought {'oH QaQbe'eghmeH jItlhutlhbogh.} was
}better.
} I have lots of reasons why, but what is the corrector
}statement.
Which is worse, death by drowning or by decapitation?
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ways to express the idea.
As for {'oH QaQbe'eghmeH jItlhutlhbogh} ...
The word {'oH} is placed in the object position of a verb that isn't
transitive to begin with, and which has a reflexive suffix on it. It can
have no role in the sentence, so i's just sitting there.
{QaQ} means be good. Note that {-be'} ends in a {'} and {'egh} starts with
one and you can't leave either one out. But *{QaQbe''eghmeH} means "In order
for him /her/it to be not good him/her/itself."
The {-bogh} suffix allows the construction of relative clauses. {HIq
vItlhutlhbogh} "The liquor I drank." It's meaningless without a subject or
object.
Neither statement is correct, so I can't choose a "corrector" one.
Qov [email protected]
Beginners' Grammarian