tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 04 14:28:52 1998
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Re: KLBC: ram Hurgh
ja' Qov:
> At 10:16 98-03-03 -0800, HovqIj wrote:
> }ja' Qov :
> }
> }> I assumed the prefix and accepted the emphasis. English verbs don't take
> }> prefixes. How can I strictly mark macaroni? You do have a correctly
> }> self-referential sentence above, though: {muj mu'tlheghvetlh jay'} - jay'
> }> goes at the end of the sentence.
> }
> } I thought {jay'} acted just like {neH}. {neH} follows the word it
> }refers to. I
> }wanted to say :<This sentence is xxxxing wrong.>, not <This xxxxing
> }sentence is
> }wrong.>Did I misunderstand something here?
>
> Yes you have. See p. 177 in TKD. "Alone among the adverbials, {jay'}
> always comes at the end of the sentence."
***HovqIj is banging her head against the wall***They left that sentence
out in
DOW! DOWDaq mu'tlheghvam lIjlu' jay'!
> {muj mu'tlheghvam jay'}
> translates as "this sentence is &*%!@ wrong," "this &*%!@ sentence is
> wrong," or "%^$&! this sentence is wrong." You could mark a noun you
> wanted emphasized with {-'e'}, or a verb with {-qu'} and possibly achieve
> the effect you wanted.
>
> Qov [email protected]
> Beginners' Grammarian