tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jun 10 07:31:37 2003
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Re: lugh'a' mughghachvam?
From: "Klingon Warrior" <[email protected]>
> The sentence, /muDalmoH wanI'vam/ is really saying "This event causes me
to be boring"? Here is how I'm looking at it, and see if you still disagree
or not. I'm taking the verb /Dal/ which is a descriptive-condition verb (in
other words, it's condition is one that describes like an adjective). By
placing the verb suffix -moH on it, am I not changing the meaning from "be
boring" to "to bore"? Am I not changing its condition from one of
description to one of action? In other words, isn't the sentence actually
saying, "This event bores me"? If a descriptive verb like the word for "be
open" (/poS/) is changed to an action condition with -moH (/poSmoH/ = "to
open"), why isn't "be boring" changed to "bore"? What do you think?
>
poS
be open
posmoH
cause to be open
Dal
be boring
DalmoH
cause to be borning
lojmIt vIpoSmoH
I cause the door to be open.
muDalmoH wanI'
The event causes me to be boring.
SuStel
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