[86210] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Questions with law'/puS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Tue Jul 7 17:14:25 2009
In-Reply-To: <D4F5BF04908043C39D0AAEA2B571E9FE@HPBrownPC>
From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 17:12:34 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:59 PM, qe'San ((Jon Brown)) wrote:
> Using "who?" an observer of the classic joke migh just ask a fellow
> observer:
>
> 'Iv Doy' law' Hoch Doy' puS, qama' 'avwI' ghap Dangu'
I think you want the imperative prefix {yI-} instead of {Da-}. I
also think {per} "label, specify, ascertain" might be a better verb
here than {ngu'} "identify".
>
> And if that construction works then a "what?" construction might be:
>
> nuq nom law' Hoch nom puS, qIvo'rIt qItI'nga ghap Dangu'
There's no verb meaning "be fast". {nom} "quickly" is an adverbial.
You'd have to rephrase the question as something like this:
nuq Do' tIn law' Hoch tIn puS?
-- ghunchu'wI'
