tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 02 07:27:10 2001
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RE: qettaH yabwIj
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: qettaH yabwIj
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 10:26:51 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Priority: NORMAL
All these uses of {rap} or {nIb} could as easily refer to
identical twins as to two names for the same person.
cha' pongmey ghaj'a' wa' nuv? rapchuq'a' cha' nuv?
nIvchuq'a' cha' nuv? wa' nuv ghaH'a' cha' nuvHey'e'?
SarrIS
> pIl'o':
> > > oops. I was thinking in English.
> > > <nuv lurap'a' SarrIS charghwI' je?> should be the
> > > sentence, qar'a'?
> SarrIS:
> > ghobe'. {rap} is a stative verb. It can, so far as we
> > know, not accept any
> > noun as a direct object. The sentence you are looking
> > for is something more
> > like:
>
> > charghwI' ghaH'a' SarrIS'e'?
> >
> > SarrIS mojpu''a' charghwI'?
> >
> > charghwI'vaD SarrIS lupongchoH'a' tlhInganpu'?
> >
> > SarrIS 'oH'a' charghwI' pong chu''e'?
> We can still use {rap}, though.
> rap'a' charghwI' SarrIS je?
> Or, better yet, the less frequently used {nIb}.
> nIb'a' charghwI' SarrIS je?
> --
> De'vID