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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Hoch HochHom and pronouns
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lieven)
Sat Aug 12 05:49:40 2017
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From: Lieven <levinius@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 11:49:43 +0200
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Am 11.08.2017 um 22:09 schrieb SuStel:
> While this is not positive evidence, I will point out that /paq'batlh/ has
Add to this the phrase
{yIlop. wa'leS chaq maHegh}
"We may die tomorrow".
This not positive evidence either, but in this case as well, the is no
{Hoch} used.
I believe that saying "all of us" is an english idiom, that cannot be
translated directly. This phrase intensifies the "us" by adding "all".
So I would suggest to add a suffix like {-chu'} or just repeat the verb:
{tugh maHegh 'ej Heghbej Hoch}
"Soon we're all gonna die"
If you want to be dramatic, as in a crashing airplane, make it shorter:
{Hegh Hoch!}
"everyone (will) die"
{maHeghbej!}
"we'll certainly die"
or the obvious use of pronouns for emphasis:
{maHegh maH}
"WE (will) die"
--
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
Grammarian of the KLI
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