tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Mar 02 18:06:43 2004
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Re: <<roD Huch Hutlh cha'maH ben ghojwI' je>>
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: <<roD Huch Hutlh cha'maH ben ghojwI' je>>
- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 12:06:04 +1000
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jIghItlhpu':
<<(roD Huch Hutlh cha'maH ben ghojwI' je>>
jang quljIb:
>{mu'tlheghvam Dachenpu'chu'be' vaj vIyajchu'be'. HIchuH.}
>You did not perfectly form this sentence, thus I don't completely
>understand it. Clarify for me.
I thought it was perfectly well-formed:
<<roD>> - customarily, as usual (in the correct position)
<<Huch>> - money (conforms to OVS word order)
<<Hutlh>> - lack (proper agreement AFAIK)
<<cha'maH ben ghojwI'>> - twenty year old student (parallels <<cha'vatlh ben
HIq>> "two century old wine" (as noted by Dr Okrand, I believe)
<<je>> - also, as well (odd adverb, but in the right position)
The adverb <<je>> is in the right place, at the end of the sentence. I think
you might have tripped up on <<cha'maH ben ghojwI'>>; that structure's a
little unusual from what I understand.
But I think I was right (if I'm not, can someone point out my mistake?). The
sentence was intended to mean "Usually twenty-year-old students lack money,
as well."
Savan.
QeS lagh
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