tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jun 18 15:45:08 2000
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RE: A grammar question...
> You're obviously trying to render this as "my brothers in
> battle." Not only
> do the objections of the above paragraph hold, but the Type 5 noun suffix
> /-Daq/ is used to indicate the noun refers to a spatial concept.
> "Battle,"
> in "brothers in battle," is not a spatial concept. The brothers are not
> inside a space or object called "battle." There is no spatial relation.
...
> Once again, the question comes up whether /may'Daq/ is appropriate for "in
> battle." Again, this doesn't seem to be referring to a place, but a
> situation. Situations are not spatial nouns, so /-Daq/ isn't appropriate.
>
> The fix here is pretty easy. Instead of /may'Daq/ for "in battle," use
> /SughobtaHvIS/ "while you (plural) are doing battle," /SuSuvtaHvIS/ "while
> you (plural) are fighting," /qaStaHvIS may'/ "while the battle occurs," or
> some other supordinate clause.
We have che'ron - battlefield (n)
This can take -Daq.
DloraH