tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Feb 01 09:07:22 1999
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Re: KLBC: 'e' x-lu'??
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: 'e' x-lu'??
- Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 12:07:13 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
Your question is a good one and deserves an answer, though it is
not an attractive question, meaning that I doubt anyone will be
attracted to the opportunity to answer it.
The most positive thing I can say about these examples is that
they might be considered archaic or poetic, as you guessed,
seeking parallels between the first and second half of the
sentence. Meanwhile, {net} is generally preferable to {'e'
X-lu'}.
It is probably best to just not take these particular examples
too seriously.
charghwI' 'utlh
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:08:25 -0800 (PST) Christiane Scharf
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I marked this with KLBC, since it seemed to be appropriate for my
> question, but I also appreciate comments from others.
>
> Going through TKW I realized the two sentences
>
> yInlu'taH 'e' bajnISlu'
>
> and
>
> yay chavlu' 'e' bajnISlu'
>
>
> I suppose this has been discused before, but why did MO use <'e'
> bajnISlu'> and not the expected form <net bajnIS> in these examples?
> Maybe the reason is that he wanted to parallel the <-lu'> from the first
> part of the sentence?
>
> Thinking about this, is the use of <'e' x-lu'> under normal
> circumstances (i.e. not in a proverb) wrong or just uncommon?
>
> * HovqIj