tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 13 17:54:36 1999
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Re: -moH Curiousity {was Re: deep structures}
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- Subject: Re: -moH Curiousity {was Re: deep structures}
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 20:54:08 EST
SIv ter'eS:
> I'm wondering if we're making too much of one verb. ...
> I'm proposing (and hoping) that for the majority of verbs, adding /-moH/
> has the regular and predictable result of adding a new noun role to the
> verb without changing any of the old ones, but I am certainly open to
> the idea that some verbs are exceptions to the rule (of course, if there
> turn out to be more exceptions than not, I'll have to trash the rule!).
HIja'. DaH wotmey pIm lo'bogh latlh chovnatlhmey vInuD.
(DInuDta'DI', vay' wIghojta' 'e' vIQub.)
a. /SoHvaD jagh SuvmoH yaS/ : /jagh DuSuvmoH yaS/
"The officer makes you fight the enemy."
b. /jagh SuvmoH yaS/ "The officer makes (someone) fight the enemy".
-> -> NOT "The officer makes the enemy fight (someone)."
c. /SuvmoH yaS/ "The officer makes (someone) fight him/them".
rurchu'law'
d. /SuvmoH yaS/ "The elder makes (someone) fight."
e. /SoHvaD SuvmoH yaS/ : /DuSuvmoH yaS/ "The officer makes you fight
him/them."
rurchu'law'
f. /DuSuvmoH yaS/ "The officer makes you fight."
chovnatlh b. wIqeltaHvIS, SuQoch'a'? SuQochbe''a'?
SuQochbe'chugh, vaj vuDwIj vIchoHnISbej.
lughchugh ngervam, ghaytan muj chovnatlh ???/puq ghojmoH qup/ vIchupbogh
'ej ghaytan lugh /puqvaD ghojmoH qup/.
SKI: I'm about convinced to change my mind about "teach", if the above example
is right.
--jey'el