tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Sep 09 10:09:33 1999
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Re: Puzzling motion
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Puzzling motion
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:08:09 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Priority: NORMAL
Suddenly, I see why I didn't remember writing this. I didn't.
Careful with the edits ascribing statements to people.
charghwI'
On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 22:34:39 -0400 Ed <[email protected]> wrote:
> "William H. Martin" wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 09:33:40 -0500 Terrence Donnelly
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I was doing some translating the other day, and I hit upon a
> > > puzzler. In light of the new rules regarding Type 5 suffixes
> > > and motion verbs, how do you say "Where are you going?"
> > >
> > > 1. ?nuqDaq DajaH
> > > 2. ?nuq DajaH
> > > 3. ?nuqDaq bIjaH
> >
> > According to my understanding, the first two are asking for your
> > destination, while the third one is asking for the scope of your
> > travels. All three are valid questions, though I don't like the
> > first one, though I recognize that it is completely valid. While
> > offering opinions, AND THIS IS ONLY AN OPINION, I still prefer
> > to use {ghoS} for this sort of thing and continue to use {jaH}
> > with no direct object, so the third version is the only one I'd
> > naturally use of these suggestions. I'd use {ghoS} instead for
> > the second one and I wouldn't use the first one at all.
> >
> > It's just preferred style. You are quite free to use all three.
> >
> > > I'm pretty certain that 3 implies "You are going while at what place",
> > > but I'm not sure about the other two.
> >
> > That's pretty much it, but as I see it, you are asking for the
> > place that contains your going as opposed to the destination of
> > your going.
> >
> > > -- ter'eS
> >
> > charghwI' 'utlh
>
>
> nuqDaq yIleng
>
> if just to remove the ambiguity of the motion.