[86994] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: The topic marker -'e'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI' 'utlh)
Mon Nov 23 16:17:48 2009
In-Reply-To: <f60fe000911231252n6cc2ba00j5a124d2be504d146@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:16:32 -0500
From: "ghunchu'wI' 'utlh" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com> wrote:
>> chaq nuQoyta' jagh ghoqwI' - "An enemy spy may have listened in on us."
>
> Interesting. What then is the difference between {Qoy'} and {'Ij},
> which is glossed as "listen"?
ghaytan vay' Qoylu' 'ach 'Ijlu' neH.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com> wrote:
> So when cars drive by your house, you intentionally listen to each of
> them? When a loud noise wakes you up at night, you intentionally
> heard it?
chaq vI-"Hear", 'ej chaq vItu', 'ach roD wabmeyvam vIQoybe'. ghIlab
ghew vIbuSQo'. vIbuSbe'chugh, vIQoybe'. qaS wab, loj wab. vIQoypu'meH
jIvangnIS.
<jatlhDI' tlhIngan'e'...ram SoQDaj 'ej mu'meyDaj DIQoybe'.> -- McCoy,
"Friday's Child"
-- ghunchu'wI'
