tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Mar 25 12:41:20 2004
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Re: Using object prefixes with "intransitive" verbs
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Using object prefixes with "intransitive" verbs
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:40:33 EST
In a message dated 3/25/2004 3:16:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
The first one seems disconnected. "I'm the topic; it is difficult." The
second one seems to work, along the same lines as /Qu'vaD lI'/ "It is useful
for the mission."
Alternatively, drop the first-person angle altogether. If I say something I
do is difficult, it will really only mean that it is difficult for me.
Qu' chu' vISamnIS. Qatlh.
I need to find a new task. It is difficult.
If asked /Qatlh nuq?/, one could reply:
Qatlh Qu' chu' SammeH mIw.
The new-job-finding process is difficult.
qon SuStel
DaHjaj tetlhvamDaq Qaghvam wa'Dich vIta'pu', qatlho'. DaQaHlaHchu' 'e'
jIQuch. Hu' muqay' laTLH mu'tlheghwIj je. chay' "I sent it to you" vIjatlhlaH?
<qangeHpu'> pagh <SoHvaD vIngeHpu'.> ngabwI' vIghelpu' 'e' vIqawchu' 'ach
mujangchugh, vIqawbe'bej . <qangeH> vIlo'laH 'e' muja'pu' 'e' vIQub 'ach lugh
De'vam 'e' vIbejbe'.
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