tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jun 02 10:24:40 2003
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Re: -chuq
Steven Boozer wrote:
> naHQun wrote:
>
>> I understand how to use <-'egh> because I use (jI-)
>>
>> i.e. I hate myself
>> jImuS'egh
>
>
> Correct. In light of the above, {muS'egh} could ONLY be translated as
> the 3rd person singular: "he hates himself, she hates herself, it
> hates itself."
Not so. It could still be plural "They hate themselves" (either each
hates himself individually, or they collectively hate their collective
self). -chuq has to be plural, but this does not mean that -'egh has to
be singular. I'm too lazy to look it up, but don't we even have a canon
example of "peqIp'egh" for "hit yourselves!"?
~mark