tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Mar 20 11:44:02 1999
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Re: qama'
In article <Pine.SOL.3.96.990320134208.20364E-
[email protected]>, david joslyn <[email protected]>
writes
>Wait...does this mean <jatmey> could also mean "mumblings"?
>No, wait...that would be <jatwI'mey>. Oh well.
I don't think so. *{jatwI'mey} would be an illegal plural form of
"mumblers". (Well, things that aren't language-capable can't mumble...)
I don't think you can say "mumblings" without a {-ghach} nominalizer,
which it is generally wise to avoid. Perhaps something like ?{mu'meyDaj
wIyajbe'laHbogh} -- his words which we couldn't understand.
Uh-oh, that looks like it could fall into the "the ship in which I fled"
category... (}}:-<)
--qonwI'
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Matt Johnson <mailto:[email protected]>