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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] ngIq (WAS: vengDaq, vengmeyDaq je)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Fri Sep 8 04:26:18 2017
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From: ghunchu'wI' 'utlh <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 13:50:51 -0400
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On Sep 6, 2017, at 11:21 AM, Brent Kesler <brent.of.all.people@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Why does {ngIq tonSaw' lo'} mean "In a single move" instead of "With each move"?
It doesn't "mean" that. It can be *translated* that way in the passage because of the context given along with it. Only one action is being described. To say "each of that one action, taken one at a time" would be extremely strange in English.
It is apparent to me that {ngIq Doch}, when {Doch} is a single thing, emphasizes the singularity of that thing.
-- ghunchu'wI'
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