tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 19 17:41:04 1999
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Re: KLBC / Hurgh SIrgh
>From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
>Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:17:27 -0700
>
>jatlh pIl'o':
>
>> reH ghIgh law'meyna' vIvumnISlaw'.
>
>Once again, the only suffix type that migrates to the adjective verb is type
>five, so you should have <ghIghmeyna' law'>. Also, <vum> is defined as
>"work, toil", so it seem like something that cannot take an object. Think
>about <ta'> instead.
Also interesting that {ghIgh} is one of the few slang usages which seems to
have supplanted the non-slang one on this list so far. Or maybe just in
pIl'o''s posts.
>> HuH 'upna' 'eptaHqu' DaHjaj'e'.
>
>Wow. That is a really . . . interesting metaphor. I suspect you wanted
><'epqu'taH> rather than <'eptaHqu'>. The difference is subtle.
Same migration problem here too.
~mark