[86823] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: Yet another newbie!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Trimboli)
Wed Nov 11 18:08:50 2009
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:06:09 -0500
From: David Trimboli <david@trimboli.name>
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Steven Boozer wrote:
> So how do we say "The Great Hall is not there"?:
>
> ? pa' 'oHtaHbe' vaS'a''e'.
> ? pa' 'oHbe'taH vaS'a''e'
>
> The variants with {tu'lu'} seem fairly clear:
>
> pa' vaS'a' tu'lu'be'.
> pa' vaS'a' tu'be'lu'.
>
> but it's not clear (to me at least) what, if anything,
> is the difference in meaning between the two.
Note that, according to TKD 4.2.7, "The absence of a Type 7 suffix
usually means that the action is not completed and is not continuous..."
This might be significant in deciding whether there is any difference
between {-be'taH} and {-taHbe'}.
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