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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] law' puS construction with law'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nIqolay Q)
Fri Oct 13 11:06:32 2017
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From: nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:16:49 -0400
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:10 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
>
> I think the difference, which I just suggested in another message, is that
> *vItlh* is more general than *law'**. law' *is only about quantity, while
> *vItlh* is about quantity or size or intensity or whatever it is by which
> you measure a thing. If you measure a big quantity, either *law' *or
> *vItlh* will do, though *vItlh *assumes the listener knows you're talking
> about quantity; if you measure a big size, either *tIn *or *vItlh* will
> do, though *vItlh *assumes the listener knows you're talking about size;
> if you measure a big strength, either *HoS* or *vItlh* will do, though *vItlh
> *assumes the listener knows you're talking about strength; and so on.
>
It seems like *vItlh* has a similar set of meanings as the noun *-'a'*
suffix.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On W=
ed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:10 PM, SuStel <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailt=
o:sustel@trimboli.name" target=3D"_blank">sustel@trimboli.name</a>></spa=
n> wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;borde=
r-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#F=
FFFFF"><p>I think the difference, which I just suggested in another
message, is that <b>vItlh</b> is more general than <b>law'</b><b>=
.
law' </b>is only about quantity, while <b>vItlh</b> is about
quantity or size or intensity or whatever it is by which you
measure a thing. If you measure a big quantity, either <b>law' </=
b>or
<b>vItlh</b> will do, though <b>vItlh </b>assumes the listener
knows you're talking about quantity; if you measure a big size,
either <b>tIn </b>or <b>vItlh</b> will do, though <b>vItlh </b>assume=
s
the listener knows you're talking about size; if you measure a bi=
g
strength, either <b>HoS</b> or <b>vItlh</b> will do, though <b>vItlh
</b>assumes the listener knows you're talking about strength; and
so on.</p></div></blockquote><div>It seems like <b>vItlh</b> has a si=
milar set of meanings as the noun <b>-'a'</b> suffix.<br></div></di=
v><br></div></div>
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