[86207] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Quick ghoS question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (DloraH)
Tue Jul 7 16:24:10 2009
From: "DloraH" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:13:55 -0500
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> {lupDujHomDaq jIchegh}
> "I return on the shuttle."
>
> {lupDujHom vIchegh }
> "I return to the shuttle."
>
> {lupDujHomDaq may'Duj vIchegh}
> "I return to the battle cruiser on the shuttle"
>
> {tera'vo' Qo'noS vIchegh}
> "I return to Kronos from Earth"
>
> If the place being returned to is mentioned (as in the final
> three sentences), the verb takes a pronominal prefix that
> indicates the object ({vI-} in the examples).
>
> ****************************************************************
>
> >So do these two sentences mean the same thing (I go, in a
> ship, to my home)
> >and which one is preferred (if there is a preference)?
> >
> > DujDaq juHwIj vIghoS
> > DujDaq juHwIjDaq vIghoS
>
> If I read Okrand correctly, you'd use {jI-} on the 2nd example:
>
> DujDaq juHwIjDaq jIghoS
He is going TO his home; so with or without -Daq I would leave it with vI-.
As to which is preferred, I think the double -Daq when one is the destination and one is the means
of travel can be a little confusing.
DujDaq juHwIj vIghoS - I am on a ship going home, is more easy to read.
DujDaq juHwIjDaq vIghoS - I am at my home, which is on a ship, and I am going to it (whatever "it"
is). Or it could be: I am on a ship going home.
DujDaq juHwIjDaq jIghoS - I am at my home, which is on a ship, and I am going.
DloraH
