tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 22 22:22:46 2002
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Re: jIghungHa'
From: "Eric Andeen" <[email protected]>
> Quvar:
>
> > tlhoy jISopchugh, vaj jIghungHa'.
> > When I've eaten too much, then I'm filled.
>
> Not quite. In the article where Okrand introduces <tlhoy>, he also
> introduces <'Iq>, and that's what you want here. <Soj 'Iq jISopchugh, vaj
> jIghungHa'. chaq jIropchoH je.> <tlhoy jISop> isn't quite the same thing -
> it means something more like "I eat all the time".
Huh?
tlhoy
(adv) overly, to an excessive degree, excessively, too much
Thus:
tlhoy jISopchugh
If I've eaten too much
If I've eaten excessively
Looks like he used the word correctly.
SuStel
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