tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Feb 15 08:50:05 2003
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Re: parmaqqay vs bang
- From: "Sangqar (Sean Healy)" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: parmaqqay vs bang
- Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:57:45 +0000
>Alright, can the words <parmaqqay> and <bang>
>be used interchangeably, or are there subtle differences in
>the meanings that I'm just not seeing?
<parmaqqay> seems to be more narrow in meaning. I would feel comfortable
saying that Dulcinea was Don Quixote's <bang>, but not that she was his
<parmaqqay>. Calling someone your <parmaqqay> indicates that there is
actually a <parmaq>, a romantic relationship, between the two of you, while
<bang> carries no such restriction.
>Also, to say something like "chocolate milk"
>
>would one say
>
><yuch nIm>
>
>or
>
><nIm yuch>
I would say <yuch nIm>. As some on this list express the nature of the
noun-noun construct, of all milks, this is the one having to do with
chocolate.
>~naHQun
Sangqar
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