tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jan 23 14:47:53 2006
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RE: Neologisms (was Re: I have a few questions that confuse me.
- From: "QeS 'utlh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: Neologisms (was Re: I have a few questions that confuse me.
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:47:34 +1000
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ghItlhpu' Voragh, ja':
>In Russian, too, there's no "to be" verb in the present tense.
wotvetlh Hutlh je Ubykh Hol. Daq ngu'bogh wot tu'lu'bej, 'ach Daq ngu'meH,
wot moHaq lo'nIS (-Daq, bIng, Hur, retlh...). 'ach DIvI' Hol ngu'meH wotmey
'oS DIp mojaq neH.
Also with Ubykh. There is a verb that can specify locations, but it must
take a preverbal element specifying what location (within, below, outside
of, on the side of...); however, the copulas of identification and role are
given with a noun clitic.
So it seems that, overwhelmingly, who needs "to be"? {{:)
QeS 'utlh
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD pabpo' / Grammarian of the Klingon Language Institute
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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