tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 04 13:58:44 1999
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Re: Sovchu'wI' (a wise man)
William H. Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 06:04:26 -0800 (PST) K'ryntes
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ..
> > mataHmeH laHmeymaj tu'Ha' DIDubnIS.
> >
> > Why not just make undiscovered an adjective? Doesn't look so messy that way.
>
> It also doen't look anything like correct this way. {tu'} is a
> transitive verb. It means "discover". It does not mean "be
> discovered". The subject is the one doing the finding. The
> object is the thing being found.
Are you saying that transitive verbs can't be used as adjective at all? Or did I
just do it wrong in this situation?
> You also seem a bit vague on
> the difference between {-be'} and {-Ha'}. I'll assume you've
> seen the other post on that and I'll avoid repeating myself.
Yes, I was thinking I could use *-Ha* to make words opposite.
>
>
> Nice try, though, misguided as it was. butlh Daghajba'.
qatlho'neS. :)
K'ryntes