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Re: waH

Philip Newton ([email protected])

• From: Philip Newton <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: waH
• Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:40:55 +0200
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:39:39 -0500, Steven Boozer
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Philip:
> >Would {latlh jIHwI'} be a translation of "alter ego"? :)
> 
> "another my me"
> 
> Why add the possessive {-wI'}?

It's not possessive {-wI'}; remember, we were talking about type-9
verb suffixes.

The intended translation was "someone who is me", that is, someone
that {jIH}s. Hence, {latlh jIHwI'} for "another someone-who-is-me".

> I was obviously confused.  You just have to keep in mind whether the
> pronoun is acting like a noun in the sentence, or like a verb.

jIQochbe' :)
-- 
Philip Newton <[email protected]>
HovpoH 2632.01

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