tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Feb 17 18:32:32 2001
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Re: early bird
>> DaHjaj bIvem qaSpa' vemchoHghachlIj motlh.
ja' De'vID:
>I tend to avoid {-ghach} because I don't know how to handle it.
If you'd rather not have a {-ghach} in there, how about this:
DaHjaj bIvem qaSpa' vemmeH replIj motlh.
>Your sentence works for me. But {vemchoHghach} by itself sounds
>odd to me, like "wake-ation".
There seems to be a taboo surrounding {-ghach}. :-) I'd translate
{vemchoHghach} as closer to "beginning to awaken."
-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh