tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 08 19:44:19 2007
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Re: KLBC: Some more clueless questions
- From: Doq <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Some more clueless questions
- Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 22:41:46 -0400
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bImeqchu' SoH je, 'ach mu' <<Hotlh>> yIqelqa'. qatlh "Hotlh (v):
project, put on screen" qonbe'?
I think it is a matter of style. A very odd style, perhaps, but it's
all we have. If I were Okrand, interested in getting the most use
possible out of the fewest words, I'd probably also develop an odd
style, in my attempt to give words a wide range of function, while
still wanting them to have specific meaning when necessary.
Likely, he wants {tuQ} to be used both transitively and
intransitively, but for my nickel, it makes more sense to stick to
intransitive so that the -moH glosses make more sense without the
icky grammar that apparently bothers more people than just me. The
transitive use of {tuQ} simply is not necessary, given we can use
{-'e'} to turn what we are tempted to make a direct object into a
topic instead. It gives the same meaning without the icky grammar.
More flavor, less filling.
Doq
On Jun 8, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Alan Anderson wrote:
> ja' Doq:
>> Similarly, the definition for {tuQ}: "wear (clothes)" might simply
>> have the parenthetical to differentiate this verb from all the other
>> meanings of the word "wear", like {QopmoH}: "wear out". There's
>> nothing really compelling about choosing "clothes" as direct object
>> in this definition, and it conflicts with the definitions of the
>> related forms of {tuQ} he gives us.
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> majQa'! bImeqchu'. chopon.
> munuQtaH wa' ghIlab ghew neH: qatlh "tuQ (v): wear clothes" qonbe'?
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> -- ghunchu'wI'
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