tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Feb 06 11:11:00 2003
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Re: Waiting for Things
From: "...Paul" <[email protected]>
> jIHvaD juH lungevqangchugh vIghoj 'e' vIloSlI'
> "I'm waiting to find out if they're willing to sell the home to me."
>
> I'm pretty confident that "I'm waiting for..." is { 'e' vIloSlI' }
Actually, you can't put a Type 7 suffix on the second verb of a Sentence As
Object construction. The suffix migrates to the first verb.
> but
> it's the phrasing of "to learn/find out if..." I'm not so sure about.
>
> Maybe this would be better:
>
> jIHvaD juH lungevqang 'e' vIghoj 'e' vIloSlI'
> "I'm waiting to learn that they are willing to sell me the house."
>
> But that sounds to me like the outcome is too definite... Ideas? Or have
> I got it?
Well, we've heard from Okrand that /SIv/ can be used in this way:
jIHvaD juH lungevqang 'e' vISIv
I wonder if they're willing to sell the home to me?
(Remember, /juH/ is "home," not "house.")
We don't know if /ghoj/ can do the same thing. Given the right context, I
wouldn't be too opposed to it myself. But I think we can do it with /Sov/
too.
Or, you can split it up a little:
jIHvaD juH lungevqang wej 'e' vISov. De' vIloSlI'.
I don't yet know if they're willing to sell me the home. I'm waiting for
the information.
SuStel
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