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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] nuq bop bom: 'ay' chorghmaH wej: <'e' tul pagh tlhIngan>

ghunchu'wI' 'utlh ([email protected])



On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Qov <[email protected]> wrote:
> tlhuHmeH vumqu' ro SomrawDu'.

Do'Ha'. Qapbe'chugh 'Iw, pe'vIl tlhuHlaH vay' 'ach QaHbe'taH. leSchugh
SIQwI' ghaytan 'arghbe' 'e' HarQo'.

> volchaHDajDaq qat. meH lu'el. "mIch wejvaD yIntagh yImobmoH. mIch wa'vaD
> mIch cha'vaD je yInSIp yIghurmoH. cha'maH Hut vatlhvI' yIwIv." jatlh HoD.

('ach mobDI' mIch wej yIntagh, chay' latlh mIch SIghlaH muD ngeb
SeHmeH pat? mIchvamDaq 'oH, qar'a'? Qatlhba' yIbmey.)

> ghutar 'Iw Hotlh HoD 'ej Hotlh'egh je.

{Hotlh'egh je} is an interesting stretch of grammar. I think it works
-- there's nothing else it could mean in context except "he scanned
[himself too]" -- but I think there's a potential conflict between
using {-'egh} and applying an adverbial {je} to only the subject or
the object of the verb.

> jatlh HoD, "vISovbe'. Hota'ro', naw'meH lojmItvetlh yIpoSmoH."

qatlh DeghwI' ghongtaH'a' HoD? lojmIt 'emDaq SaHchugh tar, junnISba'
roptaHwI'. nuqDaq chach yInSIp pollu'? jIlaDtaHvIS jIbItqu'. SIbI'
logh mIv tuQ beq vIneH.

> ...lojmIt ngep ghutar...

cha'logh <ngep> lo'pu' lut. cha'logh mu'ghom vIlo'. wa'logh
vIlo'nISDI' jIqun'eghbe'. cha'logh vIlo'nISmo' jItuH. jItuHmo' ghaytan
reH mu' vIqaw.

> "HoD!" jatlh ghutar. "vIta'laH. leS 'e' yIchaw'."
> jatlh HoD, "meH yISeH. Duj toy'."

pay' vIttlhegh naQ vItlhoj. DaH HoD vIyaj.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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