tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 15 16:17:22 2002
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Re: poH nI'
Voragh:
>Stephan Schneider wrote:
>> >> vaj jIloS. 'ej jIloS. nI' poH jIloStaH. tagha' mavIHqa'.
>>>
>>> don't we have to say /poH nI' jIloStaH/?
>
>SuStel:
>>Actually, you have to say /qaStaHvIS poH nI' jIloStaH/.
>
>Not so fast. I noticed that {loS} is glossed "wait for" not just
>"wait", which means it can take an object. The question is: Wait
>for what? A person or a time period? Unfortunately, our two
>examples from canon do not show an object:
>
> loS... qIb HeHDaq
> It waits... on the edge of the galaxy (SkyBox DS99)
>
> DaH maloS. peghItlh!
> [untranslated opening message] (MSN st-expert_forum [8/96])
>
>In this {loS] resembles {SIQ}:
>
> yIn nI' yISIQ 'ej yIchep
> Live long and prosper! (Radio Times)
> (lit. "Endure/bear a long life and be prosperous!")
>
>Although I admit that this is not quite the same thing, but the
>original poster may well have been right, though s/he should have
>used the object prefix:
>
> poH nI' vIloStaH.
> I was waiting for a long time.
ok. so it's wrong to say */nI' poH jIloStaH/ and it's correct to say
/poH nI' vIloStaH/ or /qaStaHviS poH nI' jIloStaH/. thank you.
tulwI',
sts.