[102357] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Heghmey
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Anderson)
Tue Nov 17 11:07:59 2015
In-Reply-To: <CAMZYS2XDXyLwP8zdm6DbMdvLz3=8ms_wsuP_7L3Xuu__DFhjnA@mail.gmail.com>
From: Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:07:13 -0500
To: Klingon language email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was thinking that "cat" was the object of "die" with an unknown subject.
Nope. "Cat" is the *subject* of "die", with no object.
> And no, I have no current reason to believe that someone killed the cat,
> though the exact cause remains unknown.
> She had been missing and we found her on the side of the road.
>
> I may have been initially thinking with {HoH} and then changing to {Hegh}
> when I realized that was a better fit.
> Is {vIghro' HoHlu'} correct, then?
Maybe, but probably not in your situation. By using {HoH}, even with
{-lu'}, you're implying that the cat was killed. Not just that it
died, but that it was killed. If you don't want to make that
implication, then just say {Hegh vIghro'}.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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