tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 11 03:13:09 2004
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Re: taH (was Re: mu' lo' QaQ 'oSbogh mu'tlheghmey)
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: taH (was Re: mu' lo' QaQ 'oSbogh mu'tlheghmey)
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:12:18 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Voragh:
> DuHIvmeH SuvwI' lol ghaH
> the warrior is in a stance to attack you [HQ 11.2]
>N.B. {lol} is being used as an active, not a stative, verb. He did not
>write:
> *DuHIv SuvwI' lol
> The warrior in-a-stance attacks you.
{DuHIv SuvwI' lol} is not the same as {DuHIvmeH SuvwI' lol ghaH}. The first
implies that an attack is actually taking place, where the second does not.
Just in passing, the placement of {SuvwI'} in this sentence is a little odd
to me (although I'm probably influenced by English in that perception): I
would have said {DuHIvmeH lol SuvwI'}. It's shorter, plus in {DuHIvmeH
SuvwI' lol ghaH} the warrior doesn't have to be the one in the stance.
That being said, I bow to your evidence - it does look like {taH} (and
{lol}, for that matter) isn't stative. I did say that I wasn't sure. {{:)
(Message from June 7th:
>letlh taHDaq yIt (He walks down the stairs that are at a negative angle [or
>stairs leading down])
>mu'tlheghvam boyaj'a'? lugh'a'?
yajlaHlaw' vay', 'ach lughbe'law'.
Savan.
QeS lagh
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