tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 13 10:04:44 2004
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RE: jIqeq
Steven Boozer wrote:
> Note: {jeS} is "participate" not "participate IN", so you'll need to
> use {-Daq}.
ghargh ngaSwI' vIpoSmoH vIneHbe', 'ach...
There's no evidence either way. For me, the meaning of "in a meeting" and
"in a room" is different. In English, we'd say "I participate in a meeting
in a room." But the first "in" feels like a particle, as in "participate
in," wherease the second one feels like a preposition, as in "in a room." I
don't see a meeting as a physical location where I do something in, like
participate.
Maybe this is an English-speaker bias, but saying {qepDaq jIjeS} just
doesn't feel right to me. OTOH, strictly speaking, {qep vIjeS} "I
participate the meeting" feels wrong too. To accept this, one has to
believe without evidence that {jeS} includes the meaning of "in." Perhaps
{pa'Daq qep vIjeS} is right. I wouldn't criticize anyone for either choice,
but perhaps the best course is, as you suggest, to recast without it.
--Holtej
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