tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 25 12:50:18 2009
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Re: The topic marker -'e'
- From: Christopher Doty <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: The topic marker -'e'
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:48:12 -0800
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Huh... It's not a N-N construction, though; the <yIHHomvaD> and the
<may'> aren't in a N-N phrase?
Do we have any cannon about -vaD?? (Gods, I feel like I'm that dude
who is always looking words up when you're just trying to play
Scrabble...)
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:37, David Trimboli <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steven Lytle wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Christopher Doty <[email protected]>wrote:
>>> yIHHomvaD may' 'oH may' quvHa''e'
>>>
>> qatlh "yIHHomvaD" Dajatlh? yIHHom may' 'oH may' quvHa''e'.
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> lugh lay'tel SIvten. When you've got a noun–noun construction (i.e.,
> genitive), the first noun cannot take a Type 5 suffix (TKD 3.4).
> *{yIHHomvaD may'} "battle for minor tribbles (tribblets?)" is incorrect;
> it should be {yIHHom may'} "minor tribble battle." Otherwise, your
> original sentence can only mean "For minor tribbles, a dishonorable
> battle is a battle."
>
> 'ach nuq 'oH yIHHom'e'?
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