tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Nov 27 14:35:23 2009
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Checking understanding of -be'
- From: Christopher Doty <[email protected]>
- Subject: Checking understanding of -be'
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:32:57 -0800
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Just wanted to see if my understanding of -be' as a rover jives with y'all's...
If, e.g., someone walked into a room filled with nonsmoking signs, but
which nonetheless smelled of cigarette smoke, one might say
leghbe'lu'
"Someone didn't see (the signs)"
That is, there is a someone, although unknown, who didn't see something.
If we were talking about something that wasn't seen by anyone (see,
maybe, something "unseeable" like <qa'>), one might instead say:
leghlu'be'
"It isn't seen/one doesn't see it (maybe loosely even 'it is invisible')"
Is this "correct" use of <-be'>?
If we throw <-Ha'> into the mix, would something like
leghHa''eghmoH
mean "It disappeared" (lit., "made itself unseen)?? (I know there is
a verb for 'disappear', I'm just wondering about this in comparison to
the use of <-be'>...)
Chris