tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue May 20 08:29:30 2008
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Re: SoSwI' SoH'a'?
- From: Doq <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: SoSwI' SoH'a'?
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 11:28:10 -0400
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Wow. A rare opportunity to suggest a correction to ghunchu'wI'.
I suspect you meant QImDuq instead of QInDuQ.
Doq
On May 19, 2008, at 9:54 PM, ghunchu'wI' wrote:
> On May 18, 2008, at 7:25 PM, naHQun wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure my grammar is correct, but I'll see what comments
>> come back.
>
> The verb prefix {vI-} appears repeatedly when it isn't appropriate:
>
>> vaj pel'aQ vIghor ghu bo'Degh.
>> vIghro'/'uSgheb/targh/tangqa' vItlhob ghu bo'Degh:
>
> There are some odd contortions with pronouns and plurals:
>
>> SoSDaj ghaHbe' vIghro' 'uSgheb je.
>> SoSdaj ghaHbe' targh tangqa' je.
>
> I also wonder about the correctness of {SoS bo'Degh} {ghu bo'Degh},
> but I'm not sure what to suggest in their place.
>
>> My only question (besides pointing out errors), is how to say 'nest'
>>>
>>
>> and 'snort'.
>
>
> For "nest" I might be tempted to say something like {QImDuQ}, but I
> won't actively suggest it. "Snort" ought to be well paralleled by
> {chuy} "sneeze".
>
>