tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 11 09:16:40 2003
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Re: lugh'a' mughghachvam?
- From: "d'Armond Speers" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: lugh'a' mughghachvam?
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:10:00 -0600
>From: Janna Roslöf <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: lugh'a' mughghachvam?
>Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:16:53 +0300
>
>Klingon Warrior wrote:
> > Thank you, Voragh. The thing I have difficulty on is the fact that Dal
>(be
> > boring) was not changed to (bore) with DalmoH. From the dictionary, and
>even
> > those examples you gave me, the quality verbs sure look like they're
>being
> > changed to an action verb. (be pleased) to (please). (be shiny) to
>(shine).
>
>It might be easier to understand if you think about this:
>
>You know that
>"be pleased" {bel} + {-moH} = "please" {belmoH}
>
>and it looks like you've also figured out there's a rule saying
>"be V-d" + {-moH} = "V".
Not necessarily. This is what I was trying to express in my earlier
message. For some words in English there is a "V" form for the "be V-d" +
{-moH} case. So, "be pleased" + {-moH} = "please". But not always. "be
early" + {-moH} != "early". "be late" + {-moH} != "late" but "be late" +
{-moH} = "delay".
Languages don't always line up in neat little parallels for you. :)
>mulwI'
-- Holtej 'utlh
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