tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jul 26 08:14:56 2002
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RE: KLBC: Paul Simon
> > > > > QoQ Qat qontaH 'ej muchtaH.
> >> > > He sings and composes pop music.
> >> >
> >> >I don't think the -taH is right here. He may have been doing it
> >> >for years, but he does sleep and eat, etc.
> >>
> >> everything has it's "pulsing" rhythm (-> /rut/ ?). it's important
> >> that that rhythm isn't interrupted (-> /-taH/ ?).
> >> for example, when i write this e-mail, i write it continiously,
> >> even if i from time to time watch the clock or scratch my head.
> >
> >True; but if you leave your computer, go shopping, eat dinner, go to
> sleep,
> >the next morning go to work, then come back to your computer to finish
> >the message, I don't think -taH is the best choice.
>
> yes. maybe it's only continious if i remain seated at the computer
> (i.e. there, where i write the e-mail).
>
> >His singing and composing has longer breaks than looking at the clock
> >and scratching his head.
>
> if composing is only the action of writing down what you have in
> mind, then he has breaks. if composing texts is reflecting about the
> world you live in, then you are always composing as long as no one
> distracts you.
Ok, for composing, yes. But for singing I still suggest no.
> > > > > waghqu' *concert*vamDaq quSmey.
> >> > > The seats [tickets] at this concert are very expensive.
> >> >
> >> >What's being expensive? The "seats at the concert"? Nouns with a
> type 5
> >> >suffix can't modify a noun; so as a locative it should go before
> >> >the verb.
> >>
> >> is it because a word ending in "-Daq" acts like a header?
> >
> >It's because TKD p31 (sec 3.4) says "...only the second noun can take
> >syntactic suffixes (type 5)..."
> >
> >DloraH, BG
>
> do you say this as DloraH or as BG? i mean, of course tkd is the
> basis, but can't we try to do some gramatical philosophy about the
> rules?
This one was as BG. This particular rule doesn't say "usually" or "should",
etc. The statement is quite definite.
If a TKD rule includes "usually", then we can discuss it's possibilities (, and
spill blood).
> seemingly the /-Daq/ glues more than the a noun-noun combination.
That's what this is about; it can't be the glue in a noun-noun.
DloraH, BG