tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Apr 17 11:39:45 2002
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Re: Worlds Apart, part 1
- From: willm@cstone.net
- Subject: Re: Worlds Apart, part 1
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:39:42 GMT
Just to point out for beginners who might possbily be confused by this,
{la'wI'} can mean "my commander". The {-wI'} on {la'wI'} (marking first person
possessive of a being capable of using language) can be completely unrelated to
the {-wI'} on {ra'wI'} (marking the nominalization of a verb).
Will
> In part 1 when qara receives her medal, la'wI' is used for "commander".
> la' is the rank "commander"
> ra'wI' is someone who commands "commander"
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> DloraH
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