tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Jun 07 21:07:43 2003
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RE: the glottal stop
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: the glottal stop
- Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 16:09:46 +1000
ghItlh Sangqar:
>qatlh "France" Hol'e' maja'chuq?
tIghvam wIlo'DI' wIlo'laH'a' <<ja'chuq>>? Segh wa' wot mojaq lo'lu'taHvIS,
DoSna' ("direct object"; Doch 'oSbogh "true target" yajlu' 'e' vIHar)
lo'laHbe' wot 'e' vIHar. qar'a', pagh wot naQ 'oH'a' <<ja'chuq>>'e'? ('ach
chay' jaS jatlhlu'?)
Can we use <<ja'chuq>> in this way? I had thought that if one used a type 1
verb suffix, the verb couldn't take a direct object. (On the other hand, I
can't really see how one might go about recasting it, either.)
Savan.
QeS lagh
<<mayIntaHbe'!>> <<chatlh; not yInlu'pu'mo' neH Dajatlh.>> ("We'll never
survive." "Nonsense; you're only saying that because no-one ever has.") -
The Princess Bride
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