[87350] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Numbers with pronouns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Doty)
Mon Nov 30 21:32:27 2009
In-Reply-To: <4B147DE1.5050800@trimboli.name>
From: Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:29:55 -0800
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 18:22, David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name> wrote:
>
> I can't say it's wrong, but it doesn't look right, either. I think it
> would be roughly equivalent to saying "Two thems see me" in English.
Hrm, okay... Any ideas on how you would say this? Since numbers modify
nouns by preceding them, I just figured likewise here. Some languages
have special syntax for this (like English), but others don't...
> > And what if one is using the pronoun as a verb instead of a noun?
> > E.g.,
>>
>> <nItebHa' cha' maHvIS...>
>> "While we two are together..."
>>
>> Does that seem okay?
>
> {-vIS} always requires {-taH}.
>
> This seems a little more plausible, but I would still avoid it in
> general use, simply because it's weird.
Wait, what's weird here? The <cha'>? And I forgot about <-vIS>
always requiring <-taH>, and I was only worried about the <cha'> for
purposes of meter, so this can just become <nItebHa' maHtaHvIS...> and
nevermind the cha' business :)
Although I would like to know how to say such a thing....
