tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Mar 15 07:10:57 1999
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Re: KLBC: Equality
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Equality
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 10:10:54 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:29:20 -0800 (PST) [email protected]
wrote:
> In a message dated 3/12/1999 8:04:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> << There are also a few verbs which relate to equality: <rap> - "be the same"
> and <nIb> - "be identical". With these verbs, the things which are the same
> are the subject of the verb:
>
> rap wa' cheb'a', Hut chebmey je. >>
> =================================
>
> KLBC: pagh
>
> muDuQ vuDlIj. qay''a' mu'tlheghmey {rapchuq wa' cheb'a' Hut chebmey je},
HIja'. qay'qu'. <*Doqchuq wa' cheb Hut cheb je> rur <*rapchuq
wa' cheb'e' Hut chebmey je}. How can two things "be the same
each other"? They simply are the same. Two subjects. One verb.
No object. Stative.
> {nIbchuq wa' cheb'a' Hut chebmey je} je? lugh'a' 'e' DaQub?
ghobe'. lughbe'bej 'e' vIHonbe'chu'.
> wot {rap} wot
> {nIb} joq DamaS pagh wot {rapchuq} wot {nIbchuq} DamaS?
Dap bIH wotqoqmey <rapchuq>'e' <nIbchuq>'e' je.
> peHruS
charghwI' 'utlh