tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Nov 25 13:05:32 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 13:03:12 -0800
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How about:
yIHHomvaD may' noblu'bogh 'oH may' quvHa''e'
"A dishonorable battle is a battle given to tribbles?"
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On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 12:48, Christopher Doty <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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'.
>>
>> 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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>> --
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