tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Feb 18 06:55:39 2000
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DawI' and -ghach
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: DawI' and -ghach
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:55:14 EST
>From: [email protected]
>{ghunta'ghach} springs to mind, but I don't really like it. {-ghach}, as is
>well known, is an overused suffix.
/-ghach/ is a seldom-used suffix. Grammarians simply shy away from it for
fear that beginners will mis-use it, and they justify this by pointing out
we don't see it often in canon. (We don't see /-beH/ often in canon, but
everyone's thrilled when they get to use it.)
Don't fear to use /-ghach/. But use it correctly. /ghunta'ghach/ isn't an
exact match for "software," though I can imagine situations where it might
work. It might be more accurately translated as a noun meaning "having
programmed intentionally" or "result of intentional programming."
SuStel
Stardate 133.1
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