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RE: HolQeDlIj DaHevbe'chugh...

>> wa' wen "Europe"Daq Dabbogh boQwI'na'vaD HolQeDmey law' vIngeH.

>"A month ago, I sent many HolQeDs to an aid who lives in in Europe."
>                                                      ^^^^^

Shall I save all my replacement proverbs till the end? Hmm, yes, that would
be best. Clearly, I need a rule for which verbs seem to come with their own
prepackaged prepositions and which do not.


>> HolQeDmeyvam vIngeHDI' EuropeDaq Dabbogh tlhIngan nugh ngeHqa' boQwI'wI'.
>> 'e'mo' Huch pol tlhIngan Hol yejHaD.

>Note that {'e'} has exactly one grammatical function: It acts as a direct
>object. If it has {-mo'} on it, it can't be a direct object, now, can it?

Actually, I'm inclined to disagree. I'd argue that I'm technically using
the {'e'} as a direct object, the object of a dependent clause. What am I
missing? Let's try a simpler example:

Hegh nov.
The alien is dead.

'e'mo', muSuchlaHbe'.
Because of that (the alien is dead) he cannot visit me.

No, wait. Damn. Even though this seems perfectly reasonable to me, a quick
consultation with page 65 of TKD clearly states that {'e'} is the object of
the verb. Damn. Now what am I supposed to do with this perfectly reasonable
and utterly ungrammatical usage? Hmm... I did say I'd hold my replacement
proverbs to the end, didn't I?



>> wa'leS HolQeDmey chu' vIngeHqa'.

>Do'Ha'. Huch polHa'law' tlhIngan Hol yejHaD.

jIQochbe', 'ach QonoSmey HevnIS.

This is just one of those situations where the KLI has to absorb the loss.
As far as I know, it's no one's fault. I consider it just another loss of
the current upheaval.


>batlh malja' DaHuqtaH.

net Sov. verengan vIrur neH. tlhIngan jIH.


DaH jIlay'ta'mo', DopDaq qul yIchenmoH QobDI' ghu'.






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