tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jun 29 03:09:38 2011
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Re: Reno
Having a fool (myself) question something is not the same thing as having something become questionable. Thank you for fixing my false memory.
lojmIt tI'wI'nuv
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On Jun 29, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Felix Malmenbeck <[email protected]> wrote:
> Two canonical examples:
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> wa' Dol nIvDaq matay'DI' maQap.
> "We succeed together in a greater whole." [TKW]
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> batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq vavpu'ma' DImuv
> "We certainly die honorably and join our fathers in the Black Fleet." [The Warrior's Anthem (ST:K and KGT)]
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> ________________________________________
> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of David Trimboli [[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 06:03
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Reno
>
> I think he means {veng mach'e'} "small city (as topic)" in the sentence
> below.
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> Sure, you can do this. TKD p. 50: "If a Type 5 noun suffix is used... it
> follows the verb..." {veng tInDaq} "in the big city" When did this
> become questionable?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robyn Stewart
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:18 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Reno
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> At 19:02 28/06/2011, you wrote:
>> I know I'm rusty, but can you really put a Type 5 noun suffix on a
>> verb being used as an adjective? I thought this was one of the
>> things I really wanted with {-Daq} many years ago, but didn't get.
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> It's not acting as an adjective here, just as a location for the
> whole sentence.
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>> It would certainly make certain constructions clearer if it were
>> legal, but I thought it was determined to be illegal. I'm sure
>> someone else remembers this better than I do.
>>
>> lojmIt tI'wI' nuv
>> [email protected]
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>> On Jun 28, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Steven Boozer wrote:
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>>> ghunchu'wI' 'utlh:
>>>> qo'Daq vengvam mach tIn law' Hoch tIn puS
>>>
>>> toH... "The Biggest Little City in the World"!
>>>
>>> mumISmoH <<mach tIn>>. chaq {-'e'} mojaq Dalo'chugh qaq
>> mu'tlheghvam: <<qo'Daq veng mach'e' RENO tIn law' Hoch tIn
>> puS.>> chovnatlhvam yInuD:
>>>
>>> qIbDaq SuvwI''e' SoH Dun law' Hoch Dun puS. (ST5)
>>>
>>> 'ach latlh ghopDaq...
>>>
>>> tlhutlhmeH HIq ngeb qaq law' bIQ qaq puS. (TKW)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Voragh
>>> Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
>>>
>>>
>>>
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